Parker
- #106 for girls in 2025, 2,536 births
- #102 for boys in 2025, 3,477 births
- Given to boys 79.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2015 · 5,418 births
- Debut · boys
- 14 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 16 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 130,941since 1880
Parker over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #106 | 2,536 | #102 | 3,477 |
| 2024 | #104 | 2,525 | #97 | 3,616 |
| 2023 | #122 | 2,296 | #91 | 3,807 |
| 2022 | #115 | 2,409 | #94 | 3,861 |
| 2021 | #115 | 2,420 | #93 | 3,845 |
| 2020 | #128 | 2,148 | #95 | 3,814 |
| 2019 | #143 | 1,977 | #98 | 3,907 |
| 2018 | #162 | 1,764 | #96 | 4,007 |
| 2017 | #207 | 1,494 | #90 | 4,382 |
| 2016 | #217 | 1,482 | #87 | 4,730 |
| 2015 | #228 | 1,447 | #72 | 5,418 |
| 2014 | #233 | 1,406 | #73 | 5,720 |
| 2013 | #267 | 1,202 | #74 | 5,672 |
| 2012 | #317 | 1,024 | #81 | 5,370 |
| 2011 | #366 | 873 | #79 | 5,296 |
| 2010 | #465 | 652 | #85 | 4,732 |
| 2009 | #503 | 600 | #96 | 4,626 |
| 2008 | #505 | 617 | #103 | 4,321 |
| 2007 | #592 | 505 | #108 | 4,077 |
| 2006 | #636 | 453 | #116 | 3,667 |
| 2005 | #710 | 384 | #119 | 3,404 |
| 2004 | #660 | 414 | #131 | 3,063 |
| 2003 | #797 | 310 | #125 | 3,186 |
| 2002 | #766 | 315 | #126 | 3,099 |
| 2001 | #758 | 316 | #123 | 3,187 |
| 2000 | #866 | 254 | #127 | 3,099 |
| 1999 | #867 | 248 | #124 | 3,011 |
| 1998 | #1,081 | 179 | #142 | 2,629 |
| 1997 | #1,312 | 132 | #150 | 2,298 |
| 1996 | #1,583 | 98 | #179 | 1,797 |
| 1995 | #1,900 | 73 | #216 | 1,368 |
| 1994 | #2,412 | 53 | #238 | 1,250 |
| 1993 | #2,351 | 54 | #246 | 1,156 |
| 1992 | #2,433 | 53 | #256 | 1,118 |
| 1991 | #3,097 | 36 | #293 | 883 |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 | #342 | 724 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #405 | 529 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #441 | 418 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 | #485 | 333 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 | #471 | 338 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | #491 | 310 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #554 | 242 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #587 | 209 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #706 | 152 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #750 | 135 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #758 | 134 |
| 1979 | — | #751 | 133 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #816 | 109 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #1,064 | 66 |
| 1976 | — | #1,267 | 48 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,322 | 43 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,692 | 28 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,514 | 32 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,196 | 47 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,007 | 65 | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #1,043 | 61 |
| 1969 | — | #1,064 | 53 | |
| 1968 | — | #910 | 63 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,215 | 38 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,216 | 38 | |
| 1965 | — | #948 | 60 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,059 | 51 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,020 | 55 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,013 | 57 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,052 | 55 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,045 | 54 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,026 | 56 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,222 | 40 | |
| 1957 | — | #925 | 67 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,019 | 54 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,054 | 51 | |
| 1954 | — | #952 | 60 | |
| 1953 | — | #950 | 57 | |
| 1952 | — | #915 | 60 | |
| 1951 | — | #892 | 62 | |
| 1950 | — | #878 | 61 | |
| 1949 | — | #967 | 51 | |
| 1948 | — | #821 | 69 | |
| 1947 | — | #794 | 75 | |
| 1946 | — | #869 | 57 | |
| 1945 | — | #864 | 52 | |
| 1944 | — | #991 | 43 | |
| 1943 | — | #828 | 63 | |
| 1942 | — | #933 | 50 | |
| 1941 | — | #858 | 54 | |
| 1940 | — | #770 | 64 | |
| 1939 | — | #770 | 62 | |
| 1938 | — | #825 | 56 | |
| 1937 | — | #922 | 46 | |
| 1936 | — | #853 | 51 | |
| 1935 | — | #858 | 53 | |
| 1934 | — | #808 | 59 | |
| 1933 | — | #799 | 59 | |
| 1932 | — | #769 | 67 | |
| 1931 | — | #841 | 56 | |
| 1930 | — | #958 | 50 | |
| 1929 | — | #666 | 85 | |
| 1928 | — | #743 | 74 | |
| 1927 | — | #747 | 76 | |
| 1926 | — | #842 | 61 | |
| 1925 | — | #755 | 76 | |
| 1924 | — | #752 | 78 | |
| 1923 | — | #777 | 72 | |
| 1922 | — | #759 | 76 | |
| 1921 | — | #849 | 66 | |
| 1920 | — | #846 | 64 | |
| 1919 | — | #633 | 92 | |
| 1918 | — | #692 | 82 | |
| 1917 | — | #765 | 67 | |
| 1916 | — | #781 | 62 | |
| 1915 | — | #681 | 72 | |
| 1914 | — | #687 | 55 | |
| 1913 | — | #611 | 52 | |
| 1912 | — | #735 | 34 | |
| 1911 | — | #856 | 15 | |
| 1910 | — | #782 | 15 | |
| 1909 | — | #653 | 17 | |
| 1908 | — | #744 | 13 | |
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | #590 | 16 | |
| 1905 | — | #636 | 14 | |
| 1904 | — | #417 | 25 | |
| 1903 | — | #550 | 16 | |
| 1902 | — | #862 | 8 | |
| 1901 | — | #727 | 9 | |
| 1900 | — | #603 | 17 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | #573 | 14 | |
| 1897 | — | #681 | 10 | |
| 1896 | — | #518 | 16 | |
| 1895 | — | #529 | 15 | |
| 1894 | — | #419 | 20 | |
| 1893 | — | #538 | 13 | |
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #456 | 15 | |
| 1890 | — | #566 | 12 | |
| 1889 | — | #525 | 13 | |
| 1888 | — | #609 | 11 | |
| 1887 | — | #461 | 14 | |
| 1886 | — | #578 | 11 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | #663 | 9 | |
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #489 | 14 | |
| 1881 | — | #503 | 12 | |
| 1880 | — | #482 | 14 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Parker was already there! It came in at #482, and was given to 14 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1885, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
Where Parker is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Vermont#19 · 1 in 81
- West Virginia#28 · 1 in 150
- Maine#41 · 1 in 148
- Louisiana#54 · 1 in 281
- Alabama#56 · 1 in 287
Best ever in a state: #3 in Wyoming, 2011.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | #19 | 15 | 1 in 81 |
| West Virginia | #28 | 41 | 1 in 150 |
| Maine | #41 | 26 | 1 in 148 |
| Louisiana | #54 | 68 | 1 in 281 |
| Alabama | #56 | 75 | 1 in 287 |
| New Hampshire | #61 | 23 | 1 in 196 |
| Arkansas | #62 | 47 | 1 in 268 |
| Indiana | #63 | 108 | 1 in 293 |
| Ohio | #64 | 171 | 1 in 307 |
| Oklahoma | #66 | 58 | 1 in 305 |
| Pennsylvania | #67 | 169 | 1 in 309 |
| Michigan | #69 | 127 | 1 in 316 |
| Nebraska | #69 | 33 | 1 in 267 |
| Kentucky | #70 | 66 | 1 in 311 |
| Wisconsin | #75 | 73 | 1 in 321 |
| Delaware | #76 | 13 | 1 in 227 |
| Rhode Island | #77 | 13 | 1 in 240 |
| South Dakota | #77 | 15 | 1 in 256 |
| Kansas | #78 | 45 | 1 in 312 |
| Minnesota | #79 | 73 | 1 in 336 |
| District of Columbia | #82 | 10 | 1 in 253 |
| Maryland | #83 | 63 | 1 in 363 |
| Mississippi | #83 | 32 | 1 in 339 |
| Illinois | #84 | 137 | 1 in 362 |
| Missouri | #85 | 74 | 1 in 376 |
| North Carolina | #88 | 134 | 1 in 384 |
| Tennessee | #88 | 95 | 1 in 387 |
| South Carolina | #89 | 55 | 1 in 385 |
| Connecticut | #90 | 39 | 1 in 339 |
| Montana | #91 | 13 | 1 in 290 |
| Alaska | #94 | 8 | 1 in 284 |
| Virginia | #94 | 95 | 1 in 392 |
| Washington | #100 | 78 | 1 in 420 |
| Oregon | #102 | 38 | 1 in 396 |
| Utah | #107 | 49 | 1 in 401 |
| Arizona | #110 | 76 | 1 in 431 |
| Colorado | #110 | 63 | 1 in 426 |
| Georgia | #110 | 104 | 1 in 483 |
| Massachusetts | #115 | 63 | 1 in 429 |
| Iowa | #119 | 33 | 1 in 419 |
| North Dakota | #120 | 10 | 1 in 336 |
| New York | #125 | 147 | 1 in 574 |
| Texas | #132 | 297 | 1 in 589 |
| Florida | #136 | 159 | 1 in 601 |
| Idaho | #143 | 19 | 1 in 454 |
| Nevada | #155 | 20 | 1 in 565 |
| New Jersey | #157 | 63 | 1 in 631 |
| California | #173 | 228 | 1 in 770 |
| New Mexico | #236 | 8 | 1 in 813 |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Parker
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 7 spots since 2020 (#95 → #102)
- Biggest jump: 312 spots in 1903
- Biggest drop: 409 spots in 1907
Rise & fade · boys
135 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2015 at #72 (5,418 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 16 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 16 yrs · run 2009–2024
- Top 1,000: 126 yrs · run 1880–1954
Share of babies · boys
1 in 333
- Highest: 1 in 333 boys born in 2013 were named Parker (0.30%)
- Latest: 1 in 491 boys born in 2025 (0.20%)
- Its best rank, #72 in 2015, was only 1 in 354 (0.28%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 37.6% of all boys named Parker (49,234) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 112 | #461 (1887) | #582 |
| 1890s | 134 | #419 (1894) | #568 |
| 1900s | 143 | #417 (1904) | #678 |
| 1910s | 546 | #611 (1913) | #722 |
| 1920s | 728 | #666 (1929) | #774 |
| 1930s | 559 | #769 (1932) | #840 |
| 1940s | 578 | #770 (1940) | #870 |
| 1950s | 568 | #878 (1950) | #983 |
| 1960s | 524 | #910 (1968) | #1,054 |
| 1970s | 632 | #751 (1979) | #1,167 |
| 1980s | 2,800 | #405 (1989) | #565 |
| 1990s | 16,234 | #124 (1999) | #219 |
| 2000s | 35,729 | #96 (2009) | #117 |
| 2010s | 49,234 | #72 (2015) | #84 |
| 2020s | 22,420 | #91 (2023) | #95 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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