Name meaning & stats
Precious
Precious means “of great worth” (English origin). 18,973 US babies since 1940, peak 2001.
What it means
“of great worth”
EnglishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2001
18,973 US babies were named Precious between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Precious (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 2001)