Boy name#1,521 of boy names
Price
Pronounced P R AY1 S (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 2006
- 145 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Price?
Price is a boys' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 5,234 children — the 1,521st most common boys' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2006, when 92 children were given it.
Pryce is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Price and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Pryce
Characteristics
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- P R AY1 S
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Price
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Price
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Price?
- Price ranks 1,521st among boys' names in US records, with 5,234 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,018.
- Is Price a unisex name?
- No. Price is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Price most popular?
- 2006, when 92 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Price spelled?
- Pryce. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.