Parks

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Peak · boys
#1,066
1892 · 5 births
Debut · boys
1892
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,467
since 1892

Parks over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Parks has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,066, 1892boys
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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#13,2086#1,97677
2024#13,4776#2,37059
2023—#2,24463
2022—#2,75347
2021#13,4646#2,65248
2020—#2,98039
2019—#2,94341
2018—#2,57949
2017—#2,59748
2016—#2,88541
2015—#2,80942
2014—#2,70544
2013—#3,06036
2012—#2,71644
2011—#3,79227
2010—#3,70828
2009—#3,72128
2008—#4,54021
2007—#4,80819
2006—#4,52020
2005—#3,94123
2004—#4,79317
2003—#5,27114
2002—#7,0559
2001—#7,5368
2000—#5,58812
1999—#5,65611
1998——
1997—#9,2655
1996—#7,9716
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1992—#8,4355
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1989—#5,6158
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1987—#6,9515
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1985—#4,6988
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1981—#5,4686
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1971—#3,9637
1970—#4,7245
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1968—#4,1365
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1966—#3,2497
1965—#3,2447
1964—#3,6016
1963—#3,6466
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1961—#2,40912
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1959—#3,2907
1958—#3,0338
1957—#2,63110
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1955—#2,9648
1954—#2,9428
1953—#2,9058
1952—#3,7345
1951—#3,0667
1950—#3,6815
1949—#2,45310
1948—#2,44310
1947—#3,0967
1946—#2,6908
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1944—#1,89014
1943—#2,07413
1942—#2,9407
1941—#2,6568
1940—#2,8717
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1937—#2,19711
1936—#3,1476
1935—#2,5299
1934—#2,26611
1933—#3,6425
1932—#2,6389
1931—#2,10113
1930—#2,7819
1929—#2,09614
1928—#2,04815
1927—#2,19314
1926—#2,72510
1925—#2,08915
1924—#3,0239
1923—#1,81619
1922—#1,82719
1921—#2,50212
1920—#3,2088
1919—#2,51111
1918—#2,39812
1917—#1,64320
1916—#2,04314
1915—#3,0827
1914—#1,97511
1913—#2,0928
1912—#1,8858
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First appearance
1892

The first year at least five boys were named Parks! It came in at #1,066, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1892–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Parks is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedCAUtah: #703 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,933 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedARTennessee: #927 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,128 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedMSAlabama: #765 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,304 boysALGeorgia: #756 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,185 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedHITexas: #2,574 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 35,010 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Parks, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#703 · 1 in 3,933
  2. Georgia#756 · 1 in 4,185
  3. Alabama#765 · 1 in 4,304
  4. Tennessee#927 · 1 in 6,128
  5. Texas#2,574 · 1 in 35,010

Best ever in a state: #345 in North Carolina, 1914.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#70351 in 3,933
Georgia#756121 in 4,185
Alabama#76551 in 4,304
Tennessee#92761 in 6,128
Texas#2,57451 in 35,010
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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 Parks
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 394 spots since 2024 (#2,370 → #1,976)
  • 1,004 spots since 2020 (#2,980 → #1,976)
  • 833 spots since 2015 (#2,809 → #1,976)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1892
  • Peaked 1892 at #1,066 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1893, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,183
  • Highest: 1 in 22,183 boys born in 2025 were named Parks (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,066 in 1892, was only 1 in 24,407 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 27.3% of all boys named Parks (400) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,066 (1892)#1,066
1900s0——
1910s91#1,643 (1917)#2,204
1920s135#1,816 (1923)#2,353
1930s73#2,101 (1931)#2,663
1940s84#1,890 (1944)#2,568
1950s66#2,631 (1957)#3,138
1960s43#2,409 (1961)#3,381
1970s12#3,963 (1971)#4,344
1980s27#4,698 (1985)#5,683
1990s27#5,656 (1999)#7,832
2000s171#3,721 (2009)#5,177
2010s400#2,579 (2018)#2,979
2020s333#1,976 (2025)#2,496

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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