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

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Peak · boys
2015 · 5,418 births
Debut · boys
14 births
In top 100 · boys
16 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
130,941
since 1880

Parker over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #72, 2015girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1062,536#1023,477
2024#1042,525#973,616
2023#1222,296#913,807
2022#1152,409#943,861
2021#1152,420#933,845
2020#1282,148#953,814
2019#1431,977#983,907
2018#1621,764#964,007
2017#2071,494#904,382
2016#2171,482#874,730
2015#2281,447#725,418
2014#2331,406#735,720
2013#2671,202#745,672
2012#3171,024#815,370
2011#366873#795,296
2010#465652#854,732
2009#503600#964,626
2008#505617#1034,321
2007#592505#1084,077
2006#636453#1163,667
2005#710384#1193,404
2004#660414#1313,063
2003#797310#1253,186
2002#766315#1263,099
2001#758316#1233,187
2000#866254#1273,099
1999#867248#1243,011
1998#1,081179#1422,629
1997#1,312132#1502,298
1996#1,58398#1791,797
1995#1,90073#2161,368
1994#2,41253#2381,250
1993#2,35154#2461,156
1992#2,43353#2561,118
1991#3,09736#293883
1990#4,69420#342724
1989#5,54515#405529
1988#6,27712#441418
1987#5,07415#485333
1986#5,45913#471338
1985#5,07714#491310
1984#5,89911#554242
1983#7,3128#587209
1982#9,2376#706152
1981#6,8049#750135
1980#10,3925#758134
1979#751133
1978#9,7505#816109
1977#9,6525#1,06466
1976#1,26748
1975#1,32243
1974#1,69228
1973#1,51432
1972#1,19647
1971#1,00765
1970#5,8188#1,04361
1969#1,06453
1968#91063
1967#1,21538
1966#1,21638
1965#94860
1964#1,05951
1963#1,02055
1962#1,01357
1961#1,05255
1960#1,04554
1959#1,02656
1958#1,22240
1957#92567
1956#1,01954
1955#1,05451
1954#95260
1953#95057
1952#91560
1951#89262
1950#87861
1949#96751
1948#82169
1947#79475
1946#86957
1945#86452
1944#99143
1943#82863
1942#93350
1941#85854
1940#77064
1939#77062
1938#82556
1937#92246
1936#85351
1935#85853
1934#80859
1933#79959
1932#76967
1931#84156
1930#95850
1929#66685
1928#74374
1927#74776
1926#84261
1925#75576
1924#75278
1923#77772
1922#75976
1921#84966
1920#84664
1919#63392
1918#69282
1917#76567
1916#78162
1915#68172
1914#68755
1913#61152
1912#73534
1911#85615
1910#78215
1909#65317
1908#74413
1907#9998
1906#59016
1905#63614
1904#41725
1903#55016
1902#8628
1901#7279
1900#60317
1899#7149
1898#57314
1897#68110
1896#51816
1895#52915
1894#41920
1893#53813
1892#68810
1891#45615
1890#56612
1889#52513
1888#60911
1887#46114
1886#57811
1885#8366
1884#6639
1883#6778
1882#48914
1881#50312
1880#48214
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s112#461 (1887)#582
1890s134#419 (1894)#568
1900s143#417 (1904)#678
1910s546#611 (1913)#722
1920s728#666 (1929)#774
1930s559#769 (1932)#840
1940s578#770 (1940)#870
1950s568#878 (1950)#983
1960s524#910 (1968)#1,054
1970s632#751 (1979)#1,167
1980s2,800#405 (1989)#565
1990s16,234#124 (1999)#219
2000s35,729#96 (2009)#117
2010s49,234#72 (2015)#84
2020s22,420#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 1985

girls
#5,077
14 births · 1 in 122,916 girls
boys
#491
310 births · 1 in 5,962 boys

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #5,077Parker14

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #491Parker310
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 122,916 of them was named Parker, which outranked 59.4% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Parker
  1. #4,860Young15
  2. #4,860Zenia15
  3. #4,860Zulay15
  4. #5,077Parker14
  5. #5,077Abigayle14
  6. #5,077Adelia14
  7. #5,077Adrena14
  8. #5,348Abeer13
  9. #5,348Adrain13
  10. #5,348Adreana13

Tied with 270 names at #5,077; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 7,360Kayleigh#8,153#793
  2. 1,675Madison#2,299#624
  3. 1,167Cierra#1,633#466
  4. 1,002Ciera#1,703#701
  5. 787Krystina#1,332#545
Fallers
  1. 1,164Grisel#784#1,948
  2. 893Ciji#963#1,856
  3. 419Falon#914#1,333
  4. 364Alesia#969#1,333
  5. 362Echo#845#1,207

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

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 5,962 of them was named Parker, which outranked 93.5% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Parker
  1. #488Alonzo315
  2. #488Moses315
  3. #490Dewayne313
  4. #491Parker310
  5. #491Blaine310
  6. #491Forrest310
  7. #491Zackery310
  8. #495Herman309
  9. #496Bryon306
  10. #497Giovanni305

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 2,425Jaymes#3,270#845
  2. 977Trace#1,933#956
  3. 933Durrell#1,656#723
  4. 793Durell#1,399#606
  5. 562Brandyn#1,444#882
Fallers
  1. 420Anwar#951#1,371
  2. 345Zebulon#976#1,321
  3. 303Tavares#925#1,228
  4. 250Alonso#931#1,181
  5. 228Abdul#1,000#1,228

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

See the top 100 for 1985