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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202005peak #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 2005

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #148 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 474 boysAKMaine: #55 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 174 boysMEVermont: #55 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 169 boysVTNew Hampshire: #97 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 373 boysNHWashington: #97 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 369 boysWAIdaho: #57 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 215 boysIDMontana: #73 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 219 boysMTNorth Dakota: #50 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 153 boysNDMinnesota: #69 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 250 boysMNIllinois: #164 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 756 boysILWisconsin: #80 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 302 boysWIMichigan: #87 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 353 boysMINew York: #176 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 1,021 boysNYMassachusetts: #200 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,264 boysMARhode Island: #124 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 495 boysRIOregon: #84 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 299 boysORNevada: #146 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 564 boysNVWyoming: #122 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 344 boysWYSouth Dakota: #90 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 261 boysSDIowa: #70 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 245 boysIAIndiana: #84 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 327 boysINOhio: #100 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 420 boysOHPennsylvania: #135 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 632 boysPANew Jersey: #319 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 2,235 boysNJConnecticut: #219 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,291 boysCTCalifornia: #220 for boys · 232 births · 1 in 1,096 boysCAUtah: #35 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 165 boysUTColorado: #119 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 447 boysCONebraska: #72 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 245 boysNEMissouri: #88 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 318 boysMOKentucky: #109 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 419 boysKYWest Virginia: #111 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 450 boysWVVirginia: #94 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 410 boysVAMaryland: #175 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 872 boysMDDelaware: #144 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 581 boysDEArizona: #168 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 643 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Parker, so not publishedNMKansas: #96 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 322 boysKSArkansas: #60 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 239 boysARTennessee: #100 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 409 boysTNNorth Carolina: #106 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 476 boysNCSouth Carolina: #99 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 433 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #217 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 877 boysDCOklahoma: #99 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 327 boysOKLouisiana: #94 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 371 boysLAMississippi: #105 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 447 boysMSAlabama: #94 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 376 boysALGeorgia: #106 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 470 boysGAHawaii: #130 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 478 boysHITexas: #186 for boys · 224 births · 1 in 809 boysTXFlorida: #156 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 762 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#35 · 1 in 165
  2. North Dakota#50 · 1 in 153
  3. Vermont#55 · 1 in 169
  4. Maine#55 · 1 in 174
  5. Idaho#57 · 1 in 215

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#351361 in 165
North Dakota#50231 in 153
Maine#55321 in 174
Vermont#55131 in 169
Idaho#57401 in 215
Arkansas#60631 in 239
Minnesota#691201 in 250
Iowa#70671 in 245
Nebraska#72421 in 245
Montana#73181 in 219
Wisconsin#80971 in 302
Indiana#841171 in 327
Oregon#84651 in 299
Michigan#871551 in 353
Missouri#881071 in 318
South Dakota#90161 in 261
Alabama#94631 in 376
Louisiana#94651 in 371
Virginia#941051 in 410
Kansas#96511 in 322
New Hampshire#97151 in 373
Washington#97941 in 369
Oklahoma#99631 in 327
South Carolina#99491 in 433
Ohio#1001561 in 420
Tennessee#100901 in 409
Mississippi#105331 in 447
Georgia#1061271 in 470
North Carolina#1061101 in 476
Kentucky#109561 in 419
West Virginia#111201 in 450
Colorado#119671 in 447
Wyoming#12261 in 344
Rhode Island#124101 in 495
Hawaii#130101 in 478
Pennsylvania#1351011 in 632
Delaware#14471 in 581
Nevada#146261 in 564
Alaska#14871 in 474
Florida#1561301 in 762
Illinois#1641021 in 756
Arizona#168661 in 643
Maryland#175331 in 872
New York#1761061 in 1,021
Texas#1862241 in 809
Massachusetts#200261 in 1,264
District of Columbia#21751 in 877
Connecticut#219131 in 1,291
California#2202321 in 1,096
New Jersey#319211 in 2,235
New Mexico———

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 2005

girls
#710
384 births · 1 in 4,812 girls
boys
#119
3,404 births · 1 in 587 boys

Top girls' names in 2005

  1. #1Emily23,952
  2. #2Emma20,362
  3. #3Madison19,578
  4. #4Abigail15,756
  5. #5Olivia15,700
  6. #6Isabella15,197
  7. #7Hannah14,854
  8. #8Samantha13,642
  9. #9Ava13,606
  10. #10Ashley13,276
  11. #710Parker384

Top boys' names in 2005

  1. #1Jacob25,851
  2. #2Michael23,828
  3. #3Joshua23,261
  4. #4Matthew21,483
  5. #5Ethan21,318
  6. #6Andrew20,742
  7. #7Daniel20,236
  8. #8Anthony19,387
  9. #9Joseph19,241
  10. #10Christopher19,174
  11. #119Parker3,404
More about 2005

girls

1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 4,812 of them was named Parker, which outranked 96.3% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Parker
  1. #706Elyse386
  2. #706Stephany386
  3. #709Aylin385
  4. #710Parker384
  5. #710Amiyah384
  6. #710Aria384
  7. #713Ayana383
  8. #713Liana383
  9. #715Cassie382

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,271Mikalah#7,077 → #806
  2. ↑ 2,724Yuridia#3,689 → #965
  3. ↑ 2,236Naima#3,127 → #891
  4. ↑ 1,924Karol#2,742 → #818
  5. ↑ 1,125Karma#1,972 → #847
Fallers
  1. ↓ 397Rhea#908 → #1,305
  2. ↓ 360Laisha#789 → #1,149
  3. ↓ 334Ashtyn#956 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 285Hunter#742 → #1,027
  5. ↓ 282Angeles#973 → #1,255

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

boys

1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 587 of them was named Parker, which outranked 99.1% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Parker
  1. #116Marcus3,477
  2. #117Oscar3,461
  3. #118Jorge3,441
  4. #119Parker3,404
  5. #120Cooper3,393
  6. #121Kaleb3,392
  7. #122Kenneth3,368
Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,722Talan#4,264 → #542
  2. ↑ 1,048Carmine#1,934 → #886
  3. ↑ 727Leland#1,335 → #608
  4. ↑ 528Amare#1,159 → #631
  5. ↑ 525Braylen#1,359 → #834
Fallers
  1. ↓ 817Madison#857 → #1,674
  2. ↓ 783Andon#865 → #1,648
  3. ↓ 406Kanye#486 → #892
  4. ↓ 379Jakobe#846 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 359Koda#930 → #1,289

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

See the top 100 for 2005 →