Price

#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · #2,332 for boys in 2025, 59 births
Given to boys 97.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1896 · 20 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,926
since 1880

Price over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Price has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201905peak #438, 1896boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,36212#2,33259
2024#13,4776#2,71548
2023#11,1698#2,89543
2022#9,68010#2,40858
2021#10,2929#2,41056
2020#13,4536#2,50551
2019#15,5395#2,46454
2018#2,38555
2017#2,53250
2016#10,11310#2,43752
2015#14,4826#3,02238
2014#2,66145
2013#14,5826#2,66844
2012#14,9626#2,55148
2011#14,8246#2,37653
2010#2,63246
2009#2,66346
2008#2,78843
2007#2,76543
2006#2,06264
2005#14,5026#3,02234
2004#2,48944
2003#2,57939
2002#3,25927
2001#3,14328
2000#2,99329
1999#2,66532
1998#3,01726
1997#2,75028
1996#2,74727
1995#2,62628
1994#2,68527
1993#3,81916
1992#2,36231
1991#3,32518
1990#2,48827
1989#2,02735
1988#3,35015
1987#2,46822
1986#2,09627
1985#2,71018
1984#2,70617
1983#2,40820
1982#2,42620
1981#2,77916
1980#2,61718
1979#3,16813
1978#2,66916
1977#3,03713
1976#3,7249
1975#2,63715
1974#1,93423
1973#2,03620
1972#1,87123
1971#2,36616
1970#1,69926
1969#1,57027
1968#1,89418
1967#2,03015
1966#1,75719
1965#1,66922
1964#1,35034
1963#1,45529
1962#1,08250
1961#1,57026
1960#2,12115
1959#1,50128
1958#2,37012
1957#1,67323
1956#2,16814
1955#1,41929
1954#1,52525
1953#1,30433
1952#1,70120
1951#1,33231
1950#1,39527
1949#1,75418
1948#1,61121
1947#1,44926
1946#1,47523
1945#1,32725
1944#1,40023
1943#1,43124
1942#1,49622
1941#1,63318
1940#1,22730
1939#1,42522
1938#1,39723
1937#1,18031
1936#1,11834
1935#1,49421
1934#1,32326
1933#1,54020
1932#1,12636
1931#1,36126
1930#1,15137
1929#1,11139
1928#1,48025
1927#1,09842
1926#1,29631
1925#1,10840
1924#1,28732
1923#92455
1922#1,14039
1921#1,10141
1920#97550
1919#89056
1918#91852
1917#93447
1916#1,02839
1915#98041
1914#75848
1913#78936
1912#1,02320
1911#79317
1910#82214
1909#63618
1908#65716
1907#73513
1906#1,2535
1905#59216
1904#8748
1903#7839
1902#1,1375
1901#7279
1900#69913
1899#7868
1898#1,0026
1897#51515
1896#43820
1895#8727
1894#63111
1893#7059
1892#68810
1891#7008
1890#56612
1889#58111
1888#48416
1887#6798
1886#54012
1885#57711
1884#7647
1883#59710
1882#54012
1881#7067
1880#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Price was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1902, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Price
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 383 spots since 2024 (#2,715#2,332)
  • 173 spots since 2020 (#2,505#2,332)
  • 690 spots since 2015 (#3,022#2,332)
  • Biggest jump: 518 spots in 1907 (#1,253#735)
  • Biggest drop: 661 spots in 1906 (#592#1,253)
Rise & fade · boys
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1896 at #438 (20 births)
  • Births halved by 1898, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1880–1897
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,978
  • Highest: 1 in 5,978 boys born in 1896 were named Price (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 28,950 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 12.4% of all boys named Price (485) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s102#484 (1888)#615
1890s106#438 (1896)#690
1900s112#592 (1905)#809
1910s370#758 (1914)#894
1920s394#924 (1923)#1,152
1930s276#1,118 (1936)#1,312
1940s230#1,227 (1940)#1,480
1950s242#1,304 (1953)#1,639
1960s255#1,082 (1962)#1,650
1970s174#1,699 (1970)#2,514
1980s208#2,027 (1989)#2,559
1990s260#2,362 (1992)#2,848
2000s397#2,062 (2006)#2,776
2010s485#2,376 (2011)#2,573
2020s315#2,332 (2025)#2,544

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Price in 1905

boys
#592
16 births · 1 in 8,269 boys

Top boys' names in 1905

  1. #1John8,059
  2. #2William6,495
  3. #3James6,042
  4. #4George4,256
  5. #5Charles3,608
  6. #6Robert3,410
  7. #7Joseph3,302
  8. #8Frank2,837
  9. #9Edward2,366
  10. #10Thomas2,135
  11. #592Price16
More about 1905

boys

132,306 boys got a published name in 1905; 1 in 8,269 of them was named Price, which outranked 58.3% of the 1,421 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Price
  1. #574Seth17
  2. #574Theadore17
  3. #574Warner17
  4. #592Price16
  5. #592Abram16
  6. #592Addison16
  7. #592Beverly16
  8. #615Alice15
  9. #615Andres15
  10. #615Archibald15

Tied with 22 names at #592; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1904
Risers
  1. 590Ludwig#1,205#615
  2. 539Domenick#1,205#666
  3. 506Cloyd#1,205#699
  4. 506Conley#1,205#699
  5. 506Elgin#1,205#699
Fallers
  1. 621Urban#612#1,233
  2. 586Sammy#647#1,233
  3. 576Randall#515#1,091
  4. 553Santiago#538#1,091
  5. 547Duane#686#1,233

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1905