Girl
Precious
As a girl's name, Precious is understood to mean "of great value". It is not as common as it was in the 1990s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. The name's best year yet was 2001.
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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