# Prisca (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/prisca/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “former”, “ancient”, “old-fashioned” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 479 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 479 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 60, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Latin feminine form of the cognomen Prīscus, from prīscus (“former, ancient, old-fashioned”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 9,590 |
| 2012 | 9 | 12,014 |
| 2013 | 13 | 8,937 |
| 2014 | 5 | 18,581 |
| 2015 | 11 | 10,001 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7,523 |
| 2017 | 9 | 11,410 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10,385 |
| 2019 | 12 | 8,988 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7,487 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10,139 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,529 |
| 2023 | 17 | 6,867 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7,516 |
| 2025 | 14 | 7,806 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 1998 | 6 | 2,407 |
| 1999 | 4 | 3,225 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3,116 |
| 2007 | 6 | 3,218 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## People named Prisca

- Prisca Emeafu, association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.