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Pryce

Masculine · “son of Rhys”

Pryce is given to both — 1,282 boys and 55 girls since 1880. See other names given to both

1931high 2020
#2676 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare48 boys in 2025

Pryce is the Welsh ap Rhys — son of Rhys — and the ap contracted onto the name, which is how Welsh made most of its surnames.

How old is the name Pryce?

Pryce first appears in US birth records in 1931 — 94 years ago. The typical Pryce is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,300 people named Pryce are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Pryce most popular?

Pryce peaked in 2020, reaching #1962 nationally. Today it ranks #2676, 714 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Pryce

Welsh patronymics used ap for 'son of', and when surnames fixed the particle fused onto the name — ap Rhys became Price and Pryce, ap Hywel became Powell. Rhys ap Gruffydd was a twelfth-century prince of Deheubarth. Pryce appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

son of Rhys

From the Welsh ap Rhys, 'son of Rhys', with the ap fused to the following name. Rhys means 'ardor' or 'enthusiasm'. The same process gives Powell from ap Hywel and Bevan from ab Ieuan. The construction is documented.

How the name formed

  1. ap Rhys
  2. Pryce

Related forms: ap Rhys · Price

Pronouncing Pryce

PRYSS

One syllable. Pryce and Price are homophones; only the spelling differs.

Nicknames for Pryce

Moderate

RhysThe root name, and a name in its own right with a real record
PThe initial alone, common where a short name wants shortening further
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1931–202573370734819312025

US babies named Pryce per year from 1931 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#19621930s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1931
Most boys named
202073 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1962reached in 2020
Change vs 2024
0.0%48 in 2025, from 48
Pryce sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2020, with 73 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Pryce in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • ap Rhys in Welsh — related form
  • Price in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, Georgia.

Pryces among us

1,300

people named Pryce are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 35,585 born in 2025 was named Pryce

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Pryce

#2676
Pryce on the 2025 chart
#821
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Pryce went to 48 boys in 2025, but Price is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 107, which makes it the 821st most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,855 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 15,963 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 35,585 for Pryce itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Garin test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Pryce's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Garin climbed just as high around 1986, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Garin's path sketches the road Pryce is walking now.

40%chance Pryce will feel “very 2010s” by 2040
Pryce, aligned on its peakGarin· peak 1986not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+40 yrsGarin · #12146Pryce today
Pryce today is about where Garin stood in 1991 — 5 years past a #1962-sized peak. By 2006, Garin had settled around #3015.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Pryce sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Pryce is headed

19312030

US babies named Pryce per year, 1931 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Pryce should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady-6% by 2030projected around #2,904 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Pryce beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Pryce in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Prycethis name48#2676Zyion48#2676Hershel48#2676Kylon48#2676Isaak48#2676

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That ap fused onto names to make Price, Powell and Bevan is a first-rate fact.
  • Rhys is available as a root name with a real record.
  • One syllable, clean, and never mispronounced.
What to consider
  • It is a homophone of 'price'.
  • Price is the commoner spelling.
  • It reads unmistakably as a surname.

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Frequently asked

How many Pryces are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,300 people named Pryce are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Pryce?
Pryce is one of 2 recorded spellings. Price is the more common one — 59 births in 2025 against 48 for Pryce.
How popular is the name Pryce in 2025?
Pryce ranks #2676 among US boy names in 2025, with 48 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Pryce?
About 1 in every 35,585 US boys born in 2025 was named Pryce — 48 in all.
Will my child share the name Pryce with classmates?
Pryce will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Pryce

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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology

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