Ronald Price
There are approximately 540 people named Ronald Price living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 634,730 Americans.
This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Ronald with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Price. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census demographics where available.
Expected bearers
540
1 in 634,730
Named Ronald
715K
Alive today
Named Price
259K
Alive today
US population
343M
Denominator
Estimated living: 715K
Rarity: Very Common
Gender: Male
Peak year: 1947
Average age: 65
Top Census group: White (80.3%)
Estimated bearers: 259K
Rarity: Common
Census rank: #97
Per 100K: 75.52
Top ancestry: White (71.1%)
First name trend
Ronald: popularity over time
Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Ronald. The peak year was 1947 with 34,973 births. The average person named Ronald today is 65 years old.
Babies born per year
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Ronald
Self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people with the first name Ronald, from the 2020 US Census Bureau first-name tables. The largest published group is White at 80.3%.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Ronald described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. These are self-reported numbers, and they describe the population who happened to carry the name Ronald at the time of the Census. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity.
- White80.3% · 553,799
- Black or African American11.3% · 78,128
- Hispanic or Latino4.0% · 27,440
- Two or more races2.1% · 14,772
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.6% · 11,032
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.7% · 4,664
Ethnicity
Ancestry of the Price surname
Self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people with the surname Price, from the 2020 US Census Bureau. The largest group is White at 71.1%.
The bar chart below shows how people with the surname Price described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. These are self-reported numbers, and they describe the population who happened to carry the surname Price at the time of the Census. A surname does not determine a person's race or ethnicity.
- White71.1% · 160,447
- Black or African American19.9% · 45,027
- Two or more races4.5% · 10,131
- Hispanic or Latino3.2% · 7,228
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.6% · 1,458
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.6% · 1,443
Methodology
How we calculated this
The first name Ronald has a living-bearer frequency of 0.2085% of the US population, based on 714,772 estimated living Americans carrying this first name (from SSA birth records going back to 1880, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables).
Even though the Census Bureau now publishes first-name tables, we do not use that file as the main first-name input for this estimate. The latest first-name Census snapshot is from 2020, which makes it 6 years old today. Because Census first-name data is only released once every 10 years, SSA birth records plus CDC survival rates give a better current estimate of how many people are likely alive with the name Ronald right now.
The surname Price appears at a rate of 75.52 per 100,000 residents in the 2020 Census Bureau surname file, which translates to a frequency of 0.0755%.
Multiplying these two independent frequencies against the current US population of 342,754,338 gives an expected count of approximately 540 people with the full name Ronald Price. This assumes statistical independence between first and last names, which is a simplification but produces reasonable estimates for most combinations.
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FAQ
Ronald Price: questions and answers
How many people are named Ronald Price?
We estimate approximately 540 people in the United States share the full name Ronald Price. That works out to about 1 in 634,730 Americans. This is calculated by combining the first-name frequency (0.2085%) with the surname frequency (75.52 per 100K) against the current US population.
How rare is the name Ronald Price?
We classify Ronald Price as "Very Rare". About 1 in 634,730 Americans share this exact first and last name combination.
Is Ronald a male or female name?
Ronald is predominantly male. Out of 1,085,633 total SSA registrations, 99.6% were male and 0.4% were female. See the full Ronald profile for detailed gender data.
Where does this data come from?
First-name data comes from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files (1880 to 2024). Surname data comes from the 2020 US Census Bureau decennial surname tables. Living-bearer estimates use CDC actuarial life tables to adjust for mortality. Read the full methodology.
How many people share the full name Ronald Price?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.