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
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2015 · 5,418 births
- Debut · boys
- 14 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 16 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 130,941since 1880
Parker over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #106 | 2,536 | #102 | 3,477 |
| 2024 | #104 | 2,525 | #97 | 3,616 |
| 2023 | #122 | 2,296 | #91 | 3,807 |
| 2022 | #115 | 2,409 | #94 | 3,861 |
| 2021 | #115 | 2,420 | #93 | 3,845 |
| 2020 | #128 | 2,148 | #95 | 3,814 |
| 2019 | #143 | 1,977 | #98 | 3,907 |
| 2018 | #162 | 1,764 | #96 | 4,007 |
| 2017 | #207 | 1,494 | #90 | 4,382 |
| 2016 | #217 | 1,482 | #87 | 4,730 |
| 2015 | #228 | 1,447 | #72 | 5,418 |
| 2014 | #233 | 1,406 | #73 | 5,720 |
| 2013 | #267 | 1,202 | #74 | 5,672 |
| 2012 | #317 | 1,024 | #81 | 5,370 |
| 2011 | #366 | 873 | #79 | 5,296 |
| 2010 | #465 | 652 | #85 | 4,732 |
| 2009 | #503 | 600 | #96 | 4,626 |
| 2008 | #505 | 617 | #103 | 4,321 |
| 2007 | #592 | 505 | #108 | 4,077 |
| 2006 | #636 | 453 | #116 | 3,667 |
| 2005 | #710 | 384 | #119 | 3,404 |
| 2004 | #660 | 414 | #131 | 3,063 |
| 2003 | #797 | 310 | #125 | 3,186 |
| 2002 | #766 | 315 | #126 | 3,099 |
| 2001 | #758 | 316 | #123 | 3,187 |
| 2000 | #866 | 254 | #127 | 3,099 |
| 1999 | #867 | 248 | #124 | 3,011 |
| 1998 | #1,081 | 179 | #142 | 2,629 |
| 1997 | #1,312 | 132 | #150 | 2,298 |
| 1996 | #1,583 | 98 | #179 | 1,797 |
| 1995 | #1,900 | 73 | #216 | 1,368 |
| 1994 | #2,412 | 53 | #238 | 1,250 |
| 1993 | #2,351 | 54 | #246 | 1,156 |
| 1992 | #2,433 | 53 | #256 | 1,118 |
| 1991 | #3,097 | 36 | #293 | 883 |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 | #342 | 724 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #405 | 529 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #441 | 418 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 | #485 | 333 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 | #471 | 338 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | #491 | 310 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #554 | 242 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #587 | 209 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #706 | 152 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #750 | 135 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #758 | 134 |
| 1979 | — | #751 | 133 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #816 | 109 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #1,064 | 66 |
| 1976 | — | #1,267 | 48 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,322 | 43 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,692 | 28 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,514 | 32 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,196 | 47 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,007 | 65 | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #1,043 | 61 |
| 1969 | — | #1,064 | 53 | |
| 1968 | — | #910 | 63 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,215 | 38 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,216 | 38 | |
| 1965 | — | #948 | 60 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,059 | 51 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,020 | 55 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,013 | 57 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,052 | 55 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,045 | 54 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,026 | 56 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,222 | 40 | |
| 1957 | — | #925 | 67 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,019 | 54 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,054 | 51 | |
| 1954 | — | #952 | 60 | |
| 1953 | — | #950 | 57 | |
| 1952 | — | #915 | 60 | |
| 1951 | — | #892 | 62 | |
| 1950 | — | #878 | 61 | |
| 1949 | — | #967 | 51 | |
| 1948 | — | #821 | 69 | |
| 1947 | — | #794 | 75 | |
| 1946 | — | #869 | 57 | |
| 1945 | — | #864 | 52 | |
| 1944 | — | #991 | 43 | |
| 1943 | — | #828 | 63 | |
| 1942 | — | #933 | 50 | |
| 1941 | — | #858 | 54 | |
| 1940 | — | #770 | 64 | |
| 1939 | — | #770 | 62 | |
| 1938 | — | #825 | 56 | |
| 1937 | — | #922 | 46 | |
| 1936 | — | #853 | 51 | |
| 1935 | — | #858 | 53 | |
| 1934 | — | #808 | 59 | |
| 1933 | — | #799 | 59 | |
| 1932 | — | #769 | 67 | |
| 1931 | — | #841 | 56 | |
| 1930 | — | #958 | 50 | |
| 1929 | — | #666 | 85 | |
| 1928 | — | #743 | 74 | |
| 1927 | — | #747 | 76 | |
| 1926 | — | #842 | 61 | |
| 1925 | — | #755 | 76 | |
| 1924 | — | #752 | 78 | |
| 1923 | — | #777 | 72 | |
| 1922 | — | #759 | 76 | |
| 1921 | — | #849 | 66 | |
| 1920 | — | #846 | 64 | |
| 1919 | — | #633 | 92 | |
| 1918 | — | #692 | 82 | |
| 1917 | — | #765 | 67 | |
| 1916 | — | #781 | 62 | |
| 1915 | — | #681 | 72 | |
| 1914 | — | #687 | 55 | |
| 1913 | — | #611 | 52 | |
| 1912 | — | #735 | 34 | |
| 1911 | — | #856 | 15 | |
| 1910 | — | #782 | 15 | |
| 1909 | — | #653 | 17 | |
| 1908 | — | #744 | 13 | |
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | #590 | 16 | |
| 1905 | — | #636 | 14 | |
| 1904 | — | #417 | 25 | |
| 1903 | — | #550 | 16 | |
| 1902 | — | #862 | 8 | |
| 1901 | — | #727 | 9 | |
| 1900 | — | #603 | 17 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | #573 | 14 | |
| 1897 | — | #681 | 10 | |
| 1896 | — | #518 | 16 | |
| 1895 | — | #529 | 15 | |
| 1894 | — | #419 | 20 | |
| 1893 | — | #538 | 13 | |
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #456 | 15 | |
| 1890 | — | #566 | 12 | |
| 1889 | — | #525 | 13 | |
| 1888 | — | #609 | 11 | |
| 1887 | — | #461 | 14 | |
| 1886 | — | #578 | 11 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | #663 | 9 | |
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #489 | 14 | |
| 1881 | — | #503 | 12 | |
| 1880 | — | #482 | 14 | |
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.
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
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 112 | #461 (1887) | #582 |
| 1890s | 134 | #419 (1894) | #568 |
| 1900s | 143 | #417 (1904) | #678 |
| 1910s | 546 | #611 (1913) | #722 |
| 1920s | 728 | #666 (1929) | #774 |
| 1930s | 559 | #769 (1932) | #840 |
| 1940s | 578 | #770 (1940) | #870 |
| 1950s | 568 | #878 (1950) | #983 |
| 1960s | 524 | #910 (1968) | #1,054 |
| 1970s | 632 | #751 (1979) | #1,167 |
| 1980s | 2,800 | #405 (1989) | #565 |
| 1990s | 16,234 | #124 (1999) | #219 |
| 2000s | 35,729 | #96 (2009) | #117 |
| 2010s | 49,234 | #72 (2015) | #84 |
| 2020s | 22,420 | #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 1926
boys
#842
61 births · 1 in 18,205 boys
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 18,205 of them was named Parker, which outranked 82.6% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Parker
- #831Robin63
- #840Huey62
- #840Rueben62
- #842Parker61
- #842Adelbert61
- #842Brooks61
- #842Denzil61
- #855Americo60
- #855Arley60
- #855Artie60
Tied with 12 names at #842; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
Fallers
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.