Paris

#592 for girls in 2025, 497 births · #2,304 for boys in 2025, 60 births
Given to girls 78.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
2004 · 2,150 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
33,663
since 1917

Paris over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #157, 2004peak #533, 1890girlsboys
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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#592497#2,30460
2024#484636#2,55952
2023#490623#2,17366
2022#490642#2,29962
2021#443704#2,19364
2020#416750#2,06968
2019#343918#1,97474
2018#328989#1,90178
2017#3001,090#1,93574
2016#2741,161#1,84581
2015#2621,219#1,79084
2014#2691,231#1,61996
2013#2561,243#1,510107
2012#2741,185#1,72987
2011#337940#1,88674
2010#326984#1,85078
2009#409777#2,18361
2008#460688#1,89976
2007#380867#1,99570
2006#2611,265#1,63887
2005#2051,694#1,55490
2004#1572,150#1,44696
2003#2721,160#1,233117
2002#463617#1,119129
2001#507542#1,027143
2000#473585#813198
1999#465570#873173
1998#456565#774203
1997#502492#821177
1996#539433#747202
1995#514474#750204
1994#488510#705219
1993#438571#630267
1992#465529#624275
1991#494483#590297
1990#542439#660233
1989#592367#660230
1988#659293#703178
1987#613315#689172
1986#630295#756143
1985#806204#736144
1984#1,028138#772125
1983#1,190109#872101
1982#1,213110#782126
1981#1,45583#858106
1980#1,70466#847109
1979#1,83258#90693
1978#1,91551#1,13460
1977#1,95250#97078
1976#1,88348#96375
1975#2,35734#92578
1974#1,76051#93676
1973#1,85745#1,12353
1972#1,89044#797100
1971#1,64056#729128
1970#1,54463#750120
1969#1,54659#94466
1968#1,77644#92062
1967#1,61749#90064
1966#1,82739#94159
1965#1,35066#95759
1964#1,37267#90670
1963#1,34068#96161
1962#1,25877#99659
1961#1,26077#96763
1960#1,46756#95163
1959#1,61745#1,10149
1958#2,44922#1,13146
1957#1,92832#1,07550
1956#1,79635#85477
1955#2,10826#1,33932
1954#2,45020#1,46627
1953#2,69916#1,45527
1952#4,9086#1,40629
1951#3,28411#1,15039
1950#3,05212#1,43426
1949#3,39310#1,50124
1948#3,35010#1,10741
1947#4,0078#1,29732
1946#3,4309#1,29929
1945#1,01639
1944#2,94610#1,15233
1943#3,2499#1,10638
1942#4,6225#1,26830
1941#3,5597#1,68517
1940#1,62718
1939#1,29726
1938#1,17131
1937#1,57619
1936#1,38423
1935#1,53820
1934#1,24129
1933#1,45622
1932#1,35626
1931#3,4977#1,30228
1930#4,0476#1,49624
1929#1,23732
1928#1,35329
1927#1,17837
1926#3,2699#1,35329
1925#1,39028
1924#3,3939#1,20436
1923#4,3766#86062
1922#1,12040
1921#1,39029
1920#4,9755#1,04544
1919#3,4528#1,02444
1918#3,8697#99645
1917#3,3448#1,07838
1916#1,17631
1915#1,21729
1914#1,10127
1913#1,07522
1912#97022
1911#1,2908
1910#1,4216
1909#75614
1908#77912
1907#9309
1906#79810
1905
1904#1,0646
1903#69611
1902
1901#7279
1900#9029
1899#9286
1898#8857
1897#8527
1896#9007
1895#57913
1894#59412
1893#7688
1892#64111
1891
1890#53313
1889#7897
1888#1,0315
1887
1886#60510
1885#8366
1884#7018
1883#7207
1882#57611
1881#56310
1880
First appearance
1917

The first year at least five girls were named Paris! It came in at #3,344, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1920–1922, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Paris is popular in 1956

No state had 5 or more girls named Paris in 1956, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Paris
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 108 spots since 2024 (#484#592)
  • 176 spots since 2020 (#416#592)
  • 330 spots since 2015 (#262#592)
  • Biggest jump: 222 spots in 1985 (#1,028#806)
  • Biggest drop: 119 spots in 2007 (#261#380)
Rise & fade · girls
87 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 2004 at #157 (2,150 births)
  • Births halved by 2007, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 41 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1985–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 854
  • Highest: 1 in 854 girls born in 2004 were named Paris (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,234 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 32.6% of all girls named Paris (10,960) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1983
  • Mostly boys until 1982, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s23#3,344 (1917)#3,555
1920s29#3,269 (1926)#4,003
1930s13#3,497 (1931)#3,772
1940s68#2,946 (1944)#3,570
1950s225#1,617 (1959)#2,629
1960s602#1,258 (1962)#1,481
1970s500#1,544 (1970)#1,863
1980s1,980#592 (1989)#989
1990s5,066#438 (1993)#490
2000s10,345#157 (2004)#359
2010s10,960#256 (2013)#297
2020s3,852#416 (2020)#486

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Paris in 1956

girls
#1,796
35 births · 1 in 57,363 girls
boys
#854
77 births · 1 in 27,471 boys

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #1,796Paris35

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #854Paris77
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 57,363 of them was named Paris, which outranked 73.9% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Paris
  1. #1,760Sibyl36
  2. #1,760Synthia36
  3. #1,760Zoraida36
  4. #1,796Paris35
  5. #1,796Adella35
  6. #1,796Andree35
  7. #1,796Araceli35
  8. #1,835Adria34
  9. #1,835Arletta34
  10. #1,835Arthur34

Tied with 38 names at #1,796; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 993Sheena#1,839#846
  2. 770Glendora#1,733#963
  3. 684Leesa#1,209#525
  4. 543Marisa#1,074#531
  5. 537Dani#1,383#846
Fallers
  1. 513Sheilah#663#1,176
  2. 481Jeryl#768#1,249
  3. 344Jacalyn#496#840
  4. 325Roni#536#861
  5. 314Florine#984#1,298

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

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 27,471 of them was named Paris, which outranked 80.8% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Paris
  1. #849Napoleon78
  2. #849Quintin78
  3. #849Taylor78
  4. #854Paris77
  5. #854Dell77
  6. #854Dewitt77
  7. #854Fidel77
  8. #860Alvis76
  9. #860Carleton76
  10. #860Delton76

Tied with 5 names at #854; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 1,847Jace#2,764#917
  2. 678Rich#1,572#894
  3. 590Broderick#1,273#683
  4. 559Elvis#921#362
  5. 513Tracey#1,419#906
Fallers
  1. 351Adolphus#906#1,257
  2. 336Randolf#949#1,285
  3. 279Cordell#792#1,071
  4. 272Rudolfo#885#1,157
  5. 269Aurelio#949#1,218

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

See the top 100 for 1956