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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #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.

Where Price is popular in 1918

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedWVVirginia: #363 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,669 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedMSAlabama: #252 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,912 boysALGeorgia: #512 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,847 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Price, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alabama#252 · 1 in 1,912
  2. Virginia#363 · 1 in 3,669
  3. Georgia#512 · 1 in 5,847

Best ever in a state: #252 in Alabama, 1918.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#252121 in 1,912
Virginia#36361 in 3,669
Georgia#51251 in 5,847
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1918

boys
#918
52 births · 1 in 19,490 boys

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #918Price52
More about 1918

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 19,490 of them was named Price, which outranked 80.9% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Price
  1. #909Murl53
  2. #909Reid53
  3. #909Rodolfo53
  4. #918Price52
  5. #918Alma52
  6. #918Arch52
  7. #918Cleon52
  8. #933Caesar51
  9. #933Levy51
  10. #933Rollie51

Tied with 14 names at #918; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 600Quinton#1,092 → #492
  2. ↑ 542Pershing#876 → #334
  3. ↑ 480Quentin#723 → #243
  4. ↑ 440Issac#1,264 → #824
  5. ↑ 339Furman#1,092 → #753
Fallers
  1. ↓ 473Bernhard#900 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 424Edson#919 → #1,343
  3. ↓ 394Gasper#919 → #1,313
  4. ↓ 352Berton#934 → #1,286
  5. ↓ 346Ishmael#997 → #1,343

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

See the top 100 for 1918 →