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
#157
2004 · 2,150 births
Debut · girls
1917
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201982peak #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.

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 1982

girls
#1,213
110 births · 1 in 15,394 girls
boys
#782
126 births · 1 in 14,400 boys

Top girls' names in 1982

  1. #1Jennifer57,120
  2. #2Jessica45,453
  3. #3Amanda34,214
  4. #4Sarah28,483
  5. #5Melissa25,864
  6. #6Nicole21,706
  7. #7Stephanie20,861
  8. #8Elizabeth20,506
  9. #9Crystal19,099
  10. #10Amy18,799
  11. #1,213Paris110

Top boys' names in 1982

  1. #1Michael68,216
  2. #2Christopher59,223
  3. #3Matthew46,045
  4. #4Jason40,628
  5. #5David40,453
  6. #6James38,874
  7. #7Joshua38,004
  8. #8John34,698
  9. #9Robert34,409
  10. #10Daniel32,652
  11. #782Paris126
More about 1982

girls

1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 15,394 of them was named Paris, which outranked 90.2% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Paris
  1. #1,210Adina111
  2. #1,210Lakia111
  3. #1,210Linnea111
  4. #1,213Paris110
  5. #1,213Bailey110
  6. #1,213Imelda110
  7. #1,213Lashawnda110
  8. #1,221Anitra109
  9. #1,221Ava109
  10. #1,221Lola109

Tied with 7 names at #1,213; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,715Kaleena#2,375 → #660
  2. ↑ 1,197Kala#1,958 → #761
  3. ↑ 1,094Chelsie#2,028 → #934
  4. ↑ 1,081Tenika#2,028 → #947
  5. ↑ 1,044Falon#1,958 → #914
Fallers
  1. ↓ 538Evita#779 → #1,317
  2. ↓ 517Martine#791 → #1,308
  3. ↓ 473Dusty#720 → #1,193
  4. ↓ 470Regan#991 → #1,461
  5. ↓ 401Windy#998 → #1,399

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

boys

1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 14,400 of them was named Paris, which outranked 89.4% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Paris
  1. #779Daron128
  2. #780Gonzalo127
  3. #780Raheem127
  4. #782Paris126
  5. #782Deangelo126
  6. #782Federico126
  7. #782Galen126
  8. #788Justen125
  9. #788Kenton125
  10. #788Kris125

Tied with 5 names at #782; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,958Colt#2,418 → #460
  2. ↑ 730Eliot#1,695 → #965
  3. ↑ 532Colton#1,334 → #802
  4. ↑ 478Kiel#1,101 → #623
  5. ↑ 416Eugenio#1,411 → #995
Fallers
  1. ↓ 309Marchello#841 → #1,150
  2. ↓ 237Carmen#851 → #1,088
  3. ↓ 234Claudio#976 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 224Irvin#826 → #1,050
  5. ↓ 222Jeramiah#971 → #1,193

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

See the top 100 for 1982 →