Girl
Precious
Precious is a girl's name, a distinctive, less common pick, that has cooled since its 1990s peak, but is still chosen today.
EnglishEnglish
EtymologyMeaning "of great value"
Births by decade
1900s
55
1910s
134
1920s
229
1930s
138
1940s
168
1950s
165
1960s
327
1970s
1,026
1980s
3,589
1990s
6,320
2000s
5,471
2010s
1,259
Peaked in the 1990s · 18,881 total U.S. births since 1900