The name Precious is of English origin, and means precious or valuable.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Precious has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Precious
Use of the Name Precious for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
13,287
13,287
12,960
6,496
3,115
1,047
500
The table below indicates the number of times the name Precious has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Precious first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1978, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Precious
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1978
990
139
1979
832
188
1980
691
249
1981
692
246
1982
658
271
1983
640
268
1984
635
278
1985
528
378
1986
504
416
1987
501
427
1988
434
522
1989
478
496
1990
451
546
1991
444
573
1992
442
570
1993
420
594
1994
399
630
1995
418
618
1996
378
701
1997
408
638
1998
381
738
1999
406
686
2000
437
645
2001
391
743
2002
425
680
2003
517
547
2004
564
500
Totals:
13,287
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Precious as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Precious appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 27 times during the last 125 years.