Price
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- PRYS
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #2,332 for boys
Price is a name of Welsh origin, meaning “son of Rhys”. In 2025 it ranked 2,332nd for boys in the US (59 babies).
What does Price mean?
Welsh: from Welsh ap Rhys
“son of Rhys”
From Welsh ap Rhys, 'son of Rhys'; the same root gives the names Rhys and Reese.
Is Price a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Price has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls and 59 boys in the US.
How popular is Price in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,332nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 59 about 1 in 29,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 59 boys in the US were named Price, making it the 2,332nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,504th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 64 boys. 12 girls were also named Price in 2025 (8,360th for girls).
2025 had more boys named Price than any year since 2006.
Half of all the boys named Price in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 107 boys in the US were given Price or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,421, up from #2,332 for this spelling alone.
- Price 59
- Pryce 48
In 2025, 17% of the babies named Price in the US were girls.
Price in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #2,332 |
| 2024 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2023 | 43 | #2,894 |
| 2022 | 58 | #2,407 |
| 2021 | 56 | #2,409 |
| 2020 | 51 | #2,504 |
| 2019 | 54 | #2,463 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,384 |
| 2017 | 50 | #2,531 |
| 2016 | 52 | #2,437 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,021 |
| 2014 | 45 | #2,659 |
| 2013 | 44 | #2,666 |
| 2012 | 48 | #2,550 |
| 2011 | 53 | #2,375 |
| 2010 | 46 | #2,631 |
| 2009 | 46 | #2,662 |
| 2008 | 43 | #2,787 |
| 2007 | 43 | #2,764 |
| 2006 | 64 | #2,061 |
| 2005 | 34 | #3,018 |
| 2004 | 44 | #2,485 |
| 2003 | 39 | #2,575 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 29 | #2,987 |
| 1999 | 32 | #2,661 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,014 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,746 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1995 | 28 | #2,621 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 31 | #2,357 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 27 | #2,483 |
| 1989 | 35 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,094 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 20 | #2,407 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,425 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 23 | #1,934 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 23 | #1,871 |
| 1971 | 16 | #2,365 |
| 1970 | 26 | #1,698 |
| 1969 | 27 | #1,569 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 19 | #1,756 |
| 1965 | 22 | #1,668 |
| 1964 | 34 | #1,349 |
| 1963 | 29 | #1,454 |
| 1962 | 50 | #1,081 |
| 1961 | 26 | #1,569 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,120 |
| 1959 | 28 | #1,500 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,368 |
| 1957 | 23 | #1,672 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,167 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,418 |
| 1954 | 25 | #1,524 |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,303 |
| 1952 | 20 | #1,700 |
| 1951 | 31 | #1,331 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,394 |
| 1949 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1948 | 21 | #1,610 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,448 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 1945 | 25 | #1,326 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,399 |
| 1943 | 24 | #1,430 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,496 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,633 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,227 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,425 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,397 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,180 |
| 1936 | 34 | #1,118 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,494 |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,323 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,540 |
| 1932 | 36 | #1,126 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 1930 | 37 | #1,151 |
| 1929 | 39 | #1,111 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,480 |
| 1927 | 42 | #1,098 |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,296 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,108 |
| 1924 | 32 | #1,287 |
| 1923 | 55 | #924 |
| 1922 | 39 | #1,140 |
| 1921 | 41 | #1,101 |
| 1920 | 50 | #975 |
| 1919 | 56 | #890 |
| 1918 | 52 | #918 |
| 1917 | 47 | #934 |
| 1916 | 39 | #1,028 |
| 1915 | 41 | #980 |
| 1914 | 48 | #758 |
| 1913 | 36 | #789 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,023 |
| 1911 | 17 | #792 |
| 1910 | 14 | #822 |
| 1909 | 18 | #636 |
| 1908 | 16 | #657 |
| 1907 | 13 | #735 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1905 | 16 | #592 |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 9 | #783 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 9 | #727 |
| 1900 | 13 | #698 |
| 1899 | 8 | #786 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1897 | 15 | #515 |
| 1896 | 20 | #438 |
| 1895 | 7 | #871 |
| 1894 | 11 | #630 |
| 1893 | 9 | #705 |
| 1892 | 10 | #687 |
| 1891 | 8 | #699 |
| 1890 | 12 | #566 |
| 1889 | 11 | #581 |
| 1888 | 16 | #484 |
| 1887 | 8 | #679 |
| 1886 | 12 | #540 |
| 1885 | 11 | #577 |
| 1884 | 7 | #764 |
| 1883 | 10 | #597 |
| 1882 | 12 | #540 |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
| 1880 | 8 | #682 |
Names like Price
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prince, George, Pierce, Ambrose, Charlie, Jones, Theodore, Henry, Otto, August, Jake, Porter
Other spellings of Price
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Price: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/price, updated 20 October 2026.