Boys' name · since 1880
Price
3,926 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.
- #2,124 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,332 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,926
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Price is the #2332 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 3,926 recorded since 1880.
Price has 3,926 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2332 as of the latest data, more common than 83% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #2,124 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,332 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 3,926 born since 1880
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Price ranks #2,124 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,332 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 3,926 born since 1880, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,124 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,332 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,926
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Price's 3,926 recorded births place it above 95.32% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
15 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Price compares
3,926 Top 15% higher than 85% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Price's all-time total is 11x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Price | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,926 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 64 | 34 | 22,252 |
Price's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Price's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1902, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 64, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Price popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 64
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Price popularity over time - girls
96 total births recorded since 2005 (Price as girls' name)
Price by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (485 births, 12% of the file).
2010s was Price's strongest decade.
485 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 12% of all-time use.
Price births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 102
1880s
102 births
- 1890s 106
1890s
106 births
- 1900s 112
1900s
112 births
- 1910s
1910s
370 births
- 1920s
1920s
394 births
- 1930s
1930s
276 births
- 1940s
1940s
230 births
- 1950s
1950s
242 births
- 1960s
1960s
255 births
- 1970s 174
1970s
174 births
- 1980s
1980s
208 births
- 1990s
1990s
260 births
- 2000s
2000s
397 births
- 2010s
2010s
485 births
- 2020s
2020s
315 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 485 births (12% of all-time use).
How Price compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Price's total volume
Price by state
Where Price concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 276 | 7.0% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 117 | 3.0% |
| #3 | Kentucky | | 49 | 1.2% |
| #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% |
276 of 3,926 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Price appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Price's data
- Price's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (485 total births) through the 2020s (315) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Prices (276 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Price: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Price draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.