Meaning not yet researched.
Paris: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 497 in 2025. Its best rank was #157 in 2004.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #157 in 2004; #592 in 2025. About 89% of babies named Paris in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#592 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2004, at #157.
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Paris: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 497 girls in 2025. Peak: #157 in 2004 · most girls in one year: 2,150 (2004).
In 2025, 497 US girls were named Paris, making it the 592nd most common girls’ name of the year, down 108 places from #484 in 2024. That is 139 fewer than the 636 girls named Paris in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #157, reached in 2004. That year also had the most girls given the name: 2,150. For comparison, it was #263 in 2015 and #3,183 in 1950.
In 2025, 60 US boys were named Paris, making it the 2,326th most common boys’ name of the year, up 264 places from #2,590 in 2024. That is 8 more than the 52 boys named Paris in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #556, reached in 1890. The most boys given the name in a single year was 297, in 1991. For comparison, it was #1,798 in 2015 and #1,456 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Paris in 141 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 10 babies. In all, 42,923 US babies have been given the name, 78% of them girls and 22% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 11,793 babies named Paris.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 8,010 US girls were named Paris; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,161. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,234 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Paris ranked highest in District of Columbia in 2025, at #139 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Parris (3,572 babies since 1880) and Parrish (3,190 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Parish, Parisa and Parys are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Parish (1,212), Parisa (1,102), Parys (329), Paras (284), Pariss (215), Parissa (92), Paresh (32), Pariz (16), Pariis (15), Paryss (12), Parise (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Paris in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 23 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 6 | #139 | #203 |
| Mississippi | 12 | #232 | #66 |
| Alabama | 19 | #262 | #104 |
| Georgia | 35 | #302 | #103 |
| Michigan | 23 | #388 | #246 |
| South Carolina | 13 | #400 | #91 |
| Nevada | 7 | #415 | #355 |
| Florida | 46 | #415 | #161 |
| Louisiana | 11 | #418 | #79 |
| North Carolina | 27 | #423 | #180 |
| Virginia | 19 | #431 | #182 |
| Illinois | 24 | #454 | #289 |
| Kentucky | 9 | #492 | #256 |
| Maryland | 11 | #499 | #291 |
| Tennessee | 15 | #526 | #166 |
| Oregon | 7 | #531 | — |
| Missouri | 11 | #548 | #295 |
| Texas | 55 | #578 | #236 |
| Ohio | 18 | #589 | #313 |
| Indiana | 10 | #639 | #564 |
| New York | 25 | #673 | #392 |
| Utah | 5 | #806 | #545 |
| New Jersey | 9 | #830 | #400 |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | #857 | #398 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | #894 | #474 |
| California | 32 | #904 | #473 |
| Minnesota | 5 | #963 | #741 |
| Arizona | 5 | #1,179 | #425 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 497 | #592 | 60 | #2,326 |
| 2024 | 636 | #484 | 52 | #2,590 |
| 2023 | 623 | #491 | 66 | #2,184 |
| 2022 | 642 | #490 | 62 | #2,312 |
| 2021 | 704 | #445 | 64 | #2,214 |
| 2020 | 750 | #416 | 68 | #2,089 |
| 2019 | 918 | #345 | 74 | #1,992 |
| 2018 | 989 | #330 | 78 | #1,914 |
| 2017 | 1,090 | #301 | 74 | #1,953 |
| 2016 | 1,161 | #274 | 81 | #1,856 |
| 2015 | 1,219 | #263 | 84 | #1,798 |
| 2014 | 1,231 | #269 | 96 | #1,624 |
| 2013 | 1,243 | #256 | 107 | #1,518 |
| 2012 | 1,185 | #274 | 87 | #1,737 |
| 2011 | 940 | #337 | 74 | #1,898 |
| 2010 | 984 | #327 | 78 | #1,864 |
| 2009 | 777 | #410 | 61 | #2,195 |
| 2008 | 688 | #460 | 76 | #1,914 |
| 2007 | 867 | #380 | 70 | #2,014 |
| 2006 | 1,265 | #261 | 87 | #1,653 |
| 2005 | 1,694 | #205 | 90 | #1,566 |
| 2004 | 2,150 | #157 | 96 | #1,453 |
| 2003 | 1,160 | #273 | 117 | #1,245 |
| 2002 | 617 | #463 | 129 | #1,121 |
| 2001 | 542 | #507 | 143 | #1,032 |
| 2000 | 585 | #473 | 198 | #815 |
| 1999 | 570 | #465 | 173 | #879 |
| 1998 | 565 | #458 | 203 | #775 |
| 1997 | 492 | #502 | 177 | #822 |
| 1996 | 433 | #539 | 202 | #748 |
| 1995 | 474 | #514 | 204 | #754 |
| 1994 | 510 | #489 | 219 | #705 |
| 1993 | 571 | #438 | 267 | #632 |
| 1992 | 529 | #466 | 275 | #624 |
| 1991 | 483 | #494 | 297 | #591 |
| 1990 | 439 | #542 | 233 | #661 |
| 1989 | 367 | #593 | 230 | #661 |
| 1988 | 293 | #660 | 178 | #704 |
| 1987 | 315 | #615 | 172 | #692 |
| 1986 | 295 | #630 | 143 | #759 |
| 1985 | 204 | #807 | 144 | #739 |
| 1984 | 138 | #1,032 | 125 | #774 |
| 1983 | 109 | #1,191 | 101 | #876 |
| 1982 | 110 | #1,217 | 126 | #786 |
| 1981 | 83 | #1,469 | 106 | #864 |
| 1980 | 66 | #1,717 | 109 | #848 |
| 1979 | 58 | #1,853 | 93 | #912 |
| 1978 | 51 | #1,930 | 60 | #1,144 |
| 1977 | 50 | #1,968 | 78 | #973 |
| 1976 | 48 | #1,903 | 75 | #968 |
| 1975 | 34 | #2,393 | 78 | #930 |
| 1974 | 51 | #1,766 | 76 | #941 |
| 1973 | 45 | #1,876 | 53 | #1,134 |
| 1972 | 44 | #1,915 | 100 | #803 |
| 1971 | 56 | #1,659 | 128 | #731 |
| 1970 | 63 | #1,556 | 120 | #751 |
| 1969 | 59 | #1,555 | 66 | #949 |
| 1968 | 44 | #1,802 | 62 | #927 |
| 1967 | 49 | #1,636 | 64 | #905 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,851 | 59 | #948 |
| 1965 | 66 | #1,362 | 59 | #962 |
| 1964 | 67 | #1,379 | 70 | #910 |
| 1963 | 68 | #1,349 | 61 | #969 |
| 1962 | 77 | #1,265 | 59 | #1,002 |
| 1961 | 77 | #1,265 | 63 | #977 |
| 1960 | 56 | #1,480 | 63 | #960 |
| 1959 | 45 | #1,637 | 49 | #1,112 |
| 1958 | 22 | #2,495 | 46 | #1,146 |
| 1957 | 32 | #1,950 | 50 | #1,085 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,822 | 77 | #858 |
| 1955 | 26 | #2,147 | 32 | #1,361 |
| 1954 | 20 | #2,498 | 27 | #1,489 |
| 1953 | 16 | #2,785 | 27 | #1,472 |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,396 | 29 | #1,425 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,437 | 39 | #1,167 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,183 | 26 | #1,456 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,562 | 24 | #1,535 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,535 | 41 | #1,122 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,253 | 32 | #1,314 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,604 | 29 | #1,323 |
| 1945 | — | — | 39 | #1,028 |
| 1944 | 10 | #3,098 | 33 | #1,169 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,430 | 38 | #1,119 |
| 1942 | 5 | #5,197 | 30 | #1,292 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,865 | 17 | #1,739 |
| 1940 | — | — | 18 | #1,671 |
| 1939 | — | — | 26 | #1,316 |
| 1938 | — | — | 31 | #1,194 |
| 1937 | — | — | 19 | #1,619 |
| 1936 | — | — | 23 | #1,411 |
| 1935 | — | — | 20 | #1,575 |
| 1934 | — | — | 29 | #1,264 |
| 1933 | — | — | 22 | #1,490 |
| 1932 | — | — | 26 | #1,376 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,774 | 28 | #1,326 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,434 | 24 | #1,522 |
| 1929 | — | — | 32 | #1,261 |
| 1928 | — | — | 29 | #1,377 |
| 1927 | — | — | 37 | #1,193 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,488 | 29 | #1,375 |
| 1925 | — | — | 28 | #1,414 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,610 | 36 | #1,219 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,843 | 62 | #867 |
| 1922 | — | — | 40 | #1,134 |
| 1921 | — | — | 29 | #1,408 |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,596 | 44 | #1,065 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,730 | 44 | #1,032 |
| 1918 | 7 | #4,186 | 45 | #1,006 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,630 | 38 | #1,090 |
| 1916 | — | — | 31 | #1,197 |
| 1915 | — | — | 29 | #1,236 |
| 1914 | — | — | 27 | #1,122 |
| 1913 | — | — | 22 | #1,100 |
| 1912 | — | — | 22 | #986 |
| 1911 | — | — | 8 | #1,360 |
| 1910 | — | — | 6 | #1,543 |
| 1909 | — | — | 14 | #796 |
| 1908 | — | — | 12 | #814 |
| 1907 | — | — | 9 | #984 |
| 1906 | — | — | 10 | #838 |
| 1904 | — | — | 6 | #1,177 |
| 1903 | — | — | 11 | #723 |
| 1901 | — | — | 9 | #767 |
| 1900 | — | — | 9 | #954 |
| 1899 | — | — | 6 | #1,025 |
| 1898 | — | — | 7 | #970 |
| 1897 | — | — | 7 | #914 |
| 1896 | — | — | 7 | #957 |
| 1895 | — | — | 13 | #600 |
| 1894 | — | — | 12 | #620 |
| 1893 | — | — | 8 | #815 |
| 1892 | — | — | 11 | #675 |
| 1890 | — | — | 13 | #556 |
| 1889 | — | — | 7 | #865 |
| 1888 | — | — | 5 | #1,142 |
| 1886 | — | — | 10 | #635 |
| 1885 | — | — | 6 | #914 |
| 1884 | — | — | 8 | #743 |
| 1883 | — | — | 7 | #783 |
| 1882 | — | — | 11 | #600 |
| 1881 | — | — | 10 | #581 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).