Priest · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Priest.

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Its story

Popularity since 1971

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 35 recorded years as a table

Priest, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1971	3
1972	11
1973	23
1974	7
1975	8
1976	4
1980	3
1995	3
1996	5
1999	3
2000	4
2001	6
2002	5
2003	4
2004	9
2005	11
2006	6
2007	4
2008	5
2009	4
2010	7
2011	8
2012	3
2013	5
2014	6
2016	4
2017	5
2018	11
2019	28
2020	23
2021	23
2022	25
2023	9
2024	15
2025	14

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Priest isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Priest

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 24
Rank in 2025: #4,249
How rare: 1 in 71,169 boys
Since 1971: 561

Most popular in 2019, at 28 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Priest doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.