Given name & surname
Price
“one who is very dear; prized”
Price is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “one who is very dear; prized.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “one who is very dear; prized.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Price through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,022
- 3,926 boys · 96 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 71 babies
- 2025
- 71
- #2,347 for boys · #8,741 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +9%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 59 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,347 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 0.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 64 in 2006. It also appeared in 12 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,304 as a first name in 2020; 225,734 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Price’s family of names
In English usage, Price as a surname has a nickname in PRICEY. In English usage, Price shares an earlier linguistic root with Rhys. Price has a related form in Pryce.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Price
- Price DanielAmerican judge and Texas Governor (1910–1988)
- Price CobbAmerican racing driverborn 1954
- Price BrookfieldAmerican basketball player (1920–2006)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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