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

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Peak · boys
2015 · 5,418 births
Debut · boys
14 births
In top 100 · boys
16 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
130,941
since 1880

Parker over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #72, 2015girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1062,536#1023,477
2024#1042,525#973,616
2023#1222,296#913,807
2022#1152,409#943,861
2021#1152,420#933,845
2020#1282,148#953,814
2019#1431,977#983,907
2018#1621,764#964,007
2017#2071,494#904,382
2016#2171,482#874,730
2015#2281,447#725,418
2014#2331,406#735,720
2013#2671,202#745,672
2012#3171,024#815,370
2011#366873#795,296
2010#465652#854,732
2009#503600#964,626
2008#505617#1034,321
2007#592505#1084,077
2006#636453#1163,667
2005#710384#1193,404
2004#660414#1313,063
2003#797310#1253,186
2002#766315#1263,099
2001#758316#1233,187
2000#866254#1273,099
1999#867248#1243,011
1998#1,081179#1422,629
1997#1,312132#1502,298
1996#1,58398#1791,797
1995#1,90073#2161,368
1994#2,41253#2381,250
1993#2,35154#2461,156
1992#2,43353#2561,118
1991#3,09736#293883
1990#4,69420#342724
1989#5,54515#405529
1988#6,27712#441418
1987#5,07415#485333
1986#5,45913#471338
1985#5,07714#491310
1984#5,89911#554242
1983#7,3128#587209
1982#9,2376#706152
1981#6,8049#750135
1980#10,3925#758134
1979—#751133
1978#9,7505#816109
1977#9,6525#1,06466
1976—#1,26748
1975—#1,32243
1974—#1,69228
1973—#1,51432
1972—#1,19647
1971—#1,00765
1970#5,8188#1,04361
1969—#1,06453
1968—#91063
1967—#1,21538
1966—#1,21638
1965—#94860
1964—#1,05951
1963—#1,02055
1962—#1,01357
1961—#1,05255
1960—#1,04554
1959—#1,02656
1958—#1,22240
1957—#92567
1956—#1,01954
1955—#1,05451
1954—#95260
1953—#95057
1952—#91560
1951—#89262
1950—#87861
1949—#96751
1948—#82169
1947—#79475
1946—#86957
1945—#86452
1944—#99143
1943—#82863
1942—#93350
1941—#85854
1940—#77064
1939—#77062
1938—#82556
1937—#92246
1936—#85351
1935—#85853
1934—#80859
1933—#79959
1932—#76967
1931—#84156
1930—#95850
1929—#66685
1928—#74374
1927—#74776
1926—#84261
1925—#75576
1924—#75278
1923—#77772
1922—#75976
1921—#84966
1920—#84664
1919—#63392
1918—#69282
1917—#76567
1916—#78162
1915—#68172
1914—#68755
1913—#61152
1912—#73534
1911—#85615
1910—#78215
1909—#65317
1908—#74413
1907—#9998
1906—#59016
1905—#63614
1904—#41725
1903—#55016
1902—#8628
1901—#7279
1900—#60317
1899—#7149
1898—#57314
1897—#68110
1896—#51816
1895—#52915
1894—#41920
1893—#53813
1892—#68810
1891—#45615
1890—#56612
1889—#52513
1888—#60911
1887—#46114
1886—#57811
1885—#8366
1884—#6639
1883—#6778
1882—#48914
1881—#50312
1880—#48214
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 1998

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Parker, so not publishedAKMaine: #94 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 334 boysMEVermont: #99 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 336 boysVTNew Hampshire: #89 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 319 boysNHWashington: #94 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 374 boysWAIdaho: #49 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 169 boysIDMontana: #57 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 191 boysMTNorth Dakota: #83 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 252 boysNDMinnesota: #84 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 320 boysMNIllinois: #200 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 1,100 boysILWisconsin: #106 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 446 boysWIMichigan: #111 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 543 boysMINew York: #273 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 1,891 boysNYMassachusetts: #164 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 1,147 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Parker, so not publishedRIOregon: #84 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 328 boysORNevada: #155 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 628 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Parker, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #59 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 199 boysSDIowa: #73 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 277 boysIAIndiana: #128 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 604 boysINOhio: #133 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 673 boysOHPennsylvania: #195 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 1,283 boysPANew Jersey: #277 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 2,115 boysNJConnecticut: #164 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,034 boysCTCalifornia: #209 for boys · 211 births · 1 in 1,153 boysCAUtah: #45 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 167 boysUTColorado: #120 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 476 boysCONebraska: #116 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 475 boysNEMissouri: #118 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 550 boysMOKentucky: #120 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 601 boysKYWest Virginia: #214 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,485 boysWVVirginia: #136 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 735 boysVAMaryland: #191 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,139 boysMDDelaware: #120 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 555 boysDEArizona: #205 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 917 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Parker, so not publishedNMKansas: #88 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 336 boysKSArkansas: #92 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 370 boysARTennessee: #112 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 554 boysTNNorth Carolina: #134 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 724 boysNCSouth Carolina: #127 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 662 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Parker, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #78 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 318 boysOKLouisiana: #132 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 619 boysLAMississippi: #92 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 393 boysMSAlabama: #92 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 420 boysALGeorgia: #97 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 461 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Parker, so not publishedHITexas: #171 for boys · 202 births · 1 in 795 boysTXFlorida: #127 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 628 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#45 · 1 in 167
  2. Idaho#49 · 1 in 169
  3. Montana#57 · 1 in 191
  4. South Dakota#59 · 1 in 199
  5. Iowa#73 · 1 in 277

Best ever in a state: #3 in Wyoming, 2011.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#451181 in 167
Idaho#49451 in 169
Montana#57211 in 191
South Dakota#59201 in 199
Iowa#73591 in 277
Oklahoma#78651 in 318
North Dakota#83141 in 252
Minnesota#84891 in 320
Oregon#84611 in 328
Kansas#88471 in 336
New Hampshire#89191 in 319
Alabama#92601 in 420
Arkansas#92391 in 370
Mississippi#92391 in 393
Maine#94171 in 334
Washington#94921 in 374
Georgia#971121 in 461
Vermont#9971 in 336
Wisconsin#106651 in 446
Michigan#1111101 in 543
Tennessee#112651 in 554
Nebraska#116211 in 475
Missouri#118631 in 550
Colorado#120551 in 476
Delaware#12071 in 555
Kentucky#120391 in 601
Florida#1271381 in 628
South Carolina#127311 in 662
Indiana#128631 in 604
Louisiana#132441 in 619
Ohio#1331041 in 673
North Carolina#134671 in 724
Virginia#136541 in 735
Nevada#155181 in 628
Connecticut#164181 in 1,034
Massachusetts#164321 in 1,147
Texas#1712021 in 795
Maryland#191251 in 1,139
Pennsylvania#195521 in 1,283
Illinois#200731 in 1,100
Arizona#205381 in 917
California#2092111 in 1,153
West Virginia#21461 in 1,485
New York#273611 in 1,891
New Jersey#277231 in 2,115
Alaska———
District of Columbia———
Hawaii———
New Mexico———
Rhode Island———
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
  • 5 spots since 2024 (#97 → #102)
  • 7 spots since 2020 (#95 → #102)
  • 30 spots since 2015 (#72 → #102)
  • Biggest jump: 312 spots in 1903 (#862 → #550)
  • Biggest drop: 409 spots in 1907 (#590 → #999)
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s112#461 (1887)#582
1890s134#419 (1894)#568
1900s143#417 (1904)#678
1910s546#611 (1913)#722
1920s728#666 (1929)#774
1930s559#769 (1932)#840
1940s578#770 (1940)#870
1950s568#878 (1950)#983
1960s524#910 (1968)#1,054
1970s632#751 (1979)#1,167
1980s2,800#405 (1989)#565
1990s16,234#124 (1999)#219
2000s35,729#96 (2009)#117
2010s49,234#72 (2015)#84
2020s22,420#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.

Parker in 1998

girls
#1,081
179 births · 1 in 9,871 girls
boys
#142
2,629 births · 1 in 727 boys

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #1,081Parker179

Top boys' names in 1998

  1. #1Michael36,618
  2. #2Jacob36,031
  3. #3Matthew31,146
  4. #4Joshua28,095
  5. #5Christopher27,007
  6. #6Nicholas26,632
  7. #7Brandon23,832
  8. #8Tyler23,712
  9. #9Andrew23,664
  10. #10Austin23,478
  11. #142Parker2,629
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 9,871 of them was named Parker, which outranked 93.5% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Parker
  1. #1,078Amara180
  2. #1,078Baylie180
  3. #1,078Geneva180
  4. #1,081Parker179
  5. #1,081Keila179
  6. #1,081Laken179
  7. #1,081Marcela179
  8. #1,088Amina178
  9. #1,088Aria178
  10. #1,088Shyla178

Tied with 6 names at #1,081; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,123Calista#2,820 → #697
  2. ↑ 1,165Ireland#1,983 → #818
  3. ↑ 1,158Abril#2,116 → #958
  4. ↑ 755Mya#993 → #238
  5. ↑ 619Ally#1,036 → #417
Fallers
  1. ↓ 586Yulissa#424 → #1,010
  2. ↓ 462Moesha#943 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 397Yulisa#985 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 376Tonya#905 → #1,281
  5. ↓ 347Xena#765 → #1,112

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 727 of them was named Parker, which outranked 98.7% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Parker
  1. #139Francisco2,692
  2. #140Erik2,676
  3. #141Raymond2,644
  4. #142Parker2,629
  5. #143Johnathan2,591
  6. #144Cristian2,566
  7. #145Eduardo2,487
Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,736Tyrese#2,347 → #611
  2. ↑ 805Zion#1,499 → #694
  3. ↑ 785Mekhi#1,706 → #921
  4. ↑ 743Tyriq#1,519 → #776
  5. ↑ 741Tavian#1,599 → #858
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Coty#918 → #1,347
  2. ↓ 367Anfernee#838 → #1,205
  3. ↓ 326Jessy#962 → #1,288
  4. ↓ 295Mickey#966 → #1,261
  5. ↓ 280Mikal#1,000 → #1,280

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1998 →