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Precious

Girl

Short-lived name

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Precious peaked in 2001, when 1 baby in 5,016 was given the name. Since then, the name has fallen 90%, to about 70 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 3130. 33% of all babies named Precious since 1880 were born in the 1990s.
19,393births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 392rank at its peak, in 2001

Where babies named Precious are born

2001

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The darker the blue, the more common Precious is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Precious is most common in Louisiana (2.6 times), Mississippi (2.4) and Georgia (2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

Names from the same era

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