Feminine dossier · first seen 1897

Precious

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Precious
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 90.8% from peak

Peak era

2001

Peak rank proxy

746

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1897Peak 20012024

Peak year

2001

Decline from peak

90.8%

2024

All-time

19,342

Precious once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 2001, when 746 girls were named Precious.

In 2024, only 69 girls were given the name.

Down 90.8% from its peak.

All told, about 19,342 Americans have been named Precious and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1897.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 90.8% from peak

In 2001:746 girls named Precious

In 2024:69 girls named Precious

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