Price
Price was the 2347th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 59 babies. Its best year was 1896, when it ranked 454th; the most babies were born in 2006 (64). Over the last ten years it has moved up 722 places. More babies were named Price in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,347 boys, up 190 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 59boys
- Girls and boys
- 15% girls, 85% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200664 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,022babies recorded
Price popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,741 | #2,347 | 12 | 59 |
| 2020 | #14,711 | #2,537 | 6 | 51 |
| 2010 | — | #2,670 | — | 46 |
| 2000 | — | #3,053 | — | 29 |
| 1990 | — | #2,539 | — | 27 |
| 1980 | — | #2,700 | — | 18 |
| 1970 | — | #1,735 | — | 26 |
| 1960 | — | #2,182 | — | 15 |
| 1950 | — | #1,421 | — | 27 |
| 1940 | — | #1,246 | — | 30 |
| 1930 | — | #1,169 | — | 37 |
| 1920 | — | #983 | — | 50 |
| 1910 | — | #852 | — | 14 |
| 1900 | — | #723 | — | 13 |
| 1890 | — | #596 | — | 12 |
| 1880 | — | #729 | — | 8 |
How popular is Price, counting every spelling?
Price is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,495 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,347 for Price on its own. Together these spellings went to 107 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 59 | #2,347 | 264 |
| Pryce | 48 | #2,707 | 246 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Price?
59 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Price (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Price born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 142 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Price.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Price?
About 2,300 people born in the US named Price are alive today, with a median age of 25; half are between 12 and 52. That makes Price mostly worn by children and young adults. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Price by state
How common Price was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (1.6×). In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Price: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Price, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Price
How popular is the name Price?
Price was the 2347th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 59 babies. Its best year was 1896, when it ranked 454th; the most babies were born in 2006 (64). Over the last ten years it has moved up 722 places. More babies were named Price in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Price a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 15% girls, 85% boys given the name Price in the US.
Where is Price most popular?
In 2021–2025, Price was most common in South Carolina (0.10 per 1,000 boys), followed by Oklahoma and Texas.