Parris

Where Parris comes from

The dictionaries list Parris as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1917
    First appearance
    #3,981 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1968
    Peak, #1,314
    34 babies named Parris — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1969
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,046.
  4. 1995
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Parris hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.