Paris
#592 for girls in 2025, 497 births · #2,304 for boys in 2025, 60 births
Given to girls 78.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2004 · 2,150 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 33,663since 1917
Paris over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #592 | 497 | #2,304 | 60 |
| 2024 | #484 | 636 | #2,559 | 52 |
| 2023 | #490 | 623 | #2,173 | 66 |
| 2022 | #490 | 642 | #2,299 | 62 |
| 2021 | #443 | 704 | #2,193 | 64 |
| 2020 | #416 | 750 | #2,069 | 68 |
| 2019 | #343 | 918 | #1,974 | 74 |
| 2018 | #328 | 989 | #1,901 | 78 |
| 2017 | #300 | 1,090 | #1,935 | 74 |
| 2016 | #274 | 1,161 | #1,845 | 81 |
| 2015 | #262 | 1,219 | #1,790 | 84 |
| 2014 | #269 | 1,231 | #1,619 | 96 |
| 2013 | #256 | 1,243 | #1,510 | 107 |
| 2012 | #274 | 1,185 | #1,729 | 87 |
| 2011 | #337 | 940 | #1,886 | 74 |
| 2010 | #326 | 984 | #1,850 | 78 |
| 2009 | #409 | 777 | #2,183 | 61 |
| 2008 | #460 | 688 | #1,899 | 76 |
| 2007 | #380 | 867 | #1,995 | 70 |
| 2006 | #261 | 1,265 | #1,638 | 87 |
| 2005 | #205 | 1,694 | #1,554 | 90 |
| 2004 | #157 | 2,150 | #1,446 | 96 |
| 2003 | #272 | 1,160 | #1,233 | 117 |
| 2002 | #463 | 617 | #1,119 | 129 |
| 2001 | #507 | 542 | #1,027 | 143 |
| 2000 | #473 | 585 | #813 | 198 |
| 1999 | #465 | 570 | #873 | 173 |
| 1998 | #456 | 565 | #774 | 203 |
| 1997 | #502 | 492 | #821 | 177 |
| 1996 | #539 | 433 | #747 | 202 |
| 1995 | #514 | 474 | #750 | 204 |
| 1994 | #488 | 510 | #705 | 219 |
| 1993 | #438 | 571 | #630 | 267 |
| 1992 | #465 | 529 | #624 | 275 |
| 1991 | #494 | 483 | #590 | 297 |
| 1990 | #542 | 439 | #660 | 233 |
| 1989 | #592 | 367 | #660 | 230 |
| 1988 | #659 | 293 | #703 | 178 |
| 1987 | #613 | 315 | #689 | 172 |
| 1986 | #630 | 295 | #756 | 143 |
| 1985 | #806 | 204 | #736 | 144 |
| 1984 | #1,028 | 138 | #772 | 125 |
| 1983 | #1,190 | 109 | #872 | 101 |
| 1982 | #1,213 | 110 | #782 | 126 |
| 1981 | #1,455 | 83 | #858 | 106 |
| 1980 | #1,704 | 66 | #847 | 109 |
| 1979 | #1,832 | 58 | #906 | 93 |
| 1978 | #1,915 | 51 | #1,134 | 60 |
| 1977 | #1,952 | 50 | #970 | 78 |
| 1976 | #1,883 | 48 | #963 | 75 |
| 1975 | #2,357 | 34 | #925 | 78 |
| 1974 | #1,760 | 51 | #936 | 76 |
| 1973 | #1,857 | 45 | #1,123 | 53 |
| 1972 | #1,890 | 44 | #797 | 100 |
| 1971 | #1,640 | 56 | #729 | 128 |
| 1970 | #1,544 | 63 | #750 | 120 |
| 1969 | #1,546 | 59 | #944 | 66 |
| 1968 | #1,776 | 44 | #920 | 62 |
| 1967 | #1,617 | 49 | #900 | 64 |
| 1966 | #1,827 | 39 | #941 | 59 |
| 1965 | #1,350 | 66 | #957 | 59 |
| 1964 | #1,372 | 67 | #906 | 70 |
| 1963 | #1,340 | 68 | #961 | 61 |
| 1962 | #1,258 | 77 | #996 | 59 |
| 1961 | #1,260 | 77 | #967 | 63 |
| 1960 | #1,467 | 56 | #951 | 63 |
| 1959 | #1,617 | 45 | #1,101 | 49 |
| 1958 | #2,449 | 22 | #1,131 | 46 |
| 1957 | #1,928 | 32 | #1,075 | 50 |
| 1956 | #1,796 | 35 | #854 | 77 |
| 1955 | #2,108 | 26 | #1,339 | 32 |
| 1954 | #2,450 | 20 | #1,466 | 27 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 | #1,455 | 27 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #1,406 | 29 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | #1,150 | 39 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | #1,501 | 24 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | #1,107 | 41 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | #1,297 | 32 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | #1,299 | 29 |
| 1945 | — | #1,016 | 39 | |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 | #1,152 | 33 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | #1,106 | 38 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #1,268 | 30 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #1,685 | 17 |
| 1940 | — | #1,627 | 18 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,297 | 26 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,171 | 31 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,576 | 19 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,384 | 23 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,538 | 20 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,241 | 29 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,456 | 22 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,356 | 26 | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #1,302 | 28 |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #1,496 | 24 |
| 1929 | — | #1,237 | 32 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,353 | 29 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,178 | 37 | |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | #1,353 | 29 |
| 1925 | — | #1,390 | 28 | |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #1,204 | 36 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #860 | 62 |
| 1922 | — | #1,120 | 40 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,390 | 29 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #1,045 | 44 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #1,024 | 44 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #996 | 45 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #1,078 | 38 |
| 1916 | — | #1,176 | 31 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,217 | 29 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,101 | 27 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,075 | 22 | |
| 1912 | — | #970 | 22 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | #756 | 14 | |
| 1908 | — | #779 | 12 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | #798 | 10 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #696 | 11 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #727 | 9 | |
| 1900 | — | #902 | 9 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | #579 | 13 | |
| 1894 | — | #594 | 12 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #533 | 13 | |
| 1889 | — | #789 | 7 | |
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #605 | 10 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | #576 | 11 | |
| 1881 | — | #563 | 10 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Paris! It came in at #3,344, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1920–1922, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Paris is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#247 · 1 in 1,330
- District of Columbia#258 · 1 in 1,140
- Maryland#282 · 1 in 1,822
- Louisiana#307 · 1 in 1,754
- North Carolina#350 · 1 in 2,484
Best ever in a state: #35 in Louisiana, 2004.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #247 | 10 | 1 in 1,330 |
| District of Columbia | #258 | 5 | 1 in 1,140 |
| Maryland | #282 | 14 | 1 in 1,822 |
| Louisiana | #307 | 15 | 1 in 1,754 |
| North Carolina | #350 | 15 | 1 in 2,484 |
| Missouri | #370 | 11 | 1 in 2,840 |
| Michigan | #372 | 20 | 1 in 2,898 |
| Virginia | #372 | 13 | 1 in 2,672 |
| Alabama | #387 | 8 | 1 in 2,692 |
| Illinois | #392 | 27 | 1 in 2,688 |
| South Carolina | #445 | 6 | 1 in 3,028 |
| Wisconsin | #457 | 7 | 1 in 4,136 |
| Pennsylvania | #476 | 17 | 1 in 4,072 |
| Indiana | #481 | 8 | 1 in 4,015 |
| Florida | #563 | 15 | 1 in 4,628 |
| Ohio | #576 | 12 | 1 in 5,642 |
| Washington | #672 | 5 | 1 in 5,437 |
| California | #717 | 38 | 1 in 5,661 |
| Georgia | #739 | 6 | 1 in 6,532 |
| New York | #826 | 15 | 1 in 7,458 |
| Texas | #1,122 | 11 | 1 in 11,715 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Paris
- 108 spots since 2024 (#484 → #592)
- 176 spots since 2020 (#416 → #592)
- 330 spots since 2015 (#262 → #592)
- Biggest jump: 222 spots in 1985 (#1,028 → #806)
- Biggest drop: 119 spots in 2007 (#261 → #380)
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 2004 at #157 (2,150 births)
- Births halved by 2007, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1985–2025
- Highest: 1 in 854 girls born in 2004 were named Paris (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,234 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 32.6% of all girls named Paris (10,960) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1982, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 23 | #3,344 (1917) | #3,555 |
| 1920s | 29 | #3,269 (1926) | #4,003 |
| 1930s | 13 | #3,497 (1931) | #3,772 |
| 1940s | 68 | #2,946 (1944) | #3,570 |
| 1950s | 225 | #1,617 (1959) | #2,629 |
| 1960s | 602 | #1,258 (1962) | #1,481 |
| 1970s | 500 | #1,544 (1970) | #1,863 |
| 1980s | 1,980 | #592 (1989) | #989 |
| 1990s | 5,066 | #438 (1993) | #490 |
| 2000s | 10,345 | #157 (2004) | #359 |
| 2010s | 10,960 | #256 (2013) | #297 |
| 2020s | 3,852 | #416 (2020) | #486 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Paris in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 5,519 of them was named Paris, which outranked 95.4% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 10,855 of them was named Paris, which outranked 91.5% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #685Shelby176
- #687Rico175
- #688Nestor173
- #689Paris172
- #689Coleman172
- #689Jarrell172
- #689Marty172
- #695Heriberto171
- #695Houston171
- #695Kristian171
Tied with 5 names at #689; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.