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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #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 1996

girls
#1,583
98 births · 1 in 17,888 girls
boys
#179
1,797 births · 1 in 1,054 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #1,583Parker98

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #179Parker1,797
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 17,888 of them was named Parker, which outranked 90.0% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Parker
  1. #1,577Kathia99
  2. #1,577Mackenna99
  3. #1,577Shira99
  4. #1,583Parker98
  5. #1,583Analisa98
  6. #1,583Anneliese98
  7. #1,583Brittny98
  8. #1,599Aida97
  9. #1,599Aryn97
  10. #1,599Estela97

Tied with 15 names at #1,583; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. 2,167Odalys#2,845#678
  2. 1,531Tamia#2,028#497
  3. 1,524Jaycie#2,486#962
  4. 1,486Odalis#2,394#908
  5. 1,430Zaria#2,155#725
Fallers
  1. 1,558Unknown#865#2,423
  2. 723Iridian#886#1,609
  3. 435Selene#964#1,399
  4. 394Salina#838#1,232
  5. 339Chelsi#697#1,036

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

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 1,054 of them was named Parker, which outranked 98.3% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Parker
  1. #176Brady1,915
  2. #177Maxwell1,901
  3. #178Fernando1,875
  4. #179Parker1,797
  5. #180Alexis1,795
  6. #181Douglas1,793
  7. #182Darius1,768
Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. 1,398Keyshawn#2,178#780
  2. 1,171Jair#2,055#884
  3. 1,065Kordell#2,055#990
  4. 856Shemar#1,758#902
  5. 686Nasir#1,648#962
Fallers
  1. 1,075Unknown#665#1,740
  2. 649Rashaan#937#1,586
  3. 633Savon#966#1,599
  4. 514Latrell#966#1,480
  5. 351Rakeem#970#1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1996