US rank #2707 Boys' name Peak 2006 3,866 births

Price — #2707 US boys' name

3,866 babies named Price in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1880s1021890s1061900s1121910s3701920s3941930s2761940s2301950s2421960s2551970s1741980s2081990s2602000s3972010s4852020s255
#2707
of 14,243 boys in use

More common than 81% of names given to boys today.

2010s
Peak decade

13% of everyone ever named Price was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

64 babies were named Price in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Price

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,866 babies named Price between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Price currently holds the #2707 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 64 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Price performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 485 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Price shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 268 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Price in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Price in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,866 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Price at a glance

Outside the top 1,000

Total births

3,866

Since 1880

145 years of records

Peak year

2006

64 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

#2,707

Among boys

As of 2024

Active since

1880

Recorded for 145 years

Last year on file: 2024

Price popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2006)
64
Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
020406080 202420051986196719481929191018911880 8

Price popularity over time — girls

84 total births recorded since 2005 (Price as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 84 births
4681012 202420232022202120202019201620152013201220112005 6

Price by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
485 births that decade — 13% of Price's all-time total
1880s1021890s1061900s1121910s3701920s3941930s2761940s2301950s2421960s2551970s1741980s2081990s2602000s3972010s4852020s255

Price by state

Where Price concentrates geographically — total births since 1880

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Price
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
268 6.9%
#2 Alabama
117 3.0%
#3 Kentucky
49 1.3%
#4 Georgia
46 1.2%
#5 California
27 0.7%
#6 North Carolina
24 0.6%
#7 Mississippi
23 0.6%
#8 Florida
17 0.4%
Texas share of Price's total US births 6.9%
Even split

268 of 3,866 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.

Price appears in 15 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Price?
3,866 babies have been named Price since 1880. It currently ranks #2707 among boys. The peak year was 2006 with 64 births.
When was Price most popular?
Price was most popular in the 2010s decade with 485 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
Where is Price most popular?
The top states for the name Price are Texas (268 births), Alabama (117 births), Kentucky (49 births).
How long has the name Price been used?
Price has been recorded in Social Security data since 1880, spanning 145 years of data through 2024.
What names are similar to Price?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Prince, Princeton, Primo, Primitivo, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.