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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2015 at #72 (5,418 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 16 yrs · run 2009–2024
- Top 1,000: 126 yrs · run 1880–1954
- 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
- 37.6% of all boys named Parker (49,234) were born in this decade
- 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 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 306,372 of them was named Parker, which outranked 15.0% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,725 names at #9,750; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 15,063 of them was named Parker, which outranked 87.9% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).