Meaning not yet researched.
Parker: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 3,477 in 2025. Its best rank was #72 in 2015.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #72 in 2015; #102 in 2025. About 58% of babies named Parker in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#102 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2015, at #72.
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Parker: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 3,477 boys in 2025. Peak: #72 in 2015 · most boys in one year: 5,720 (2014).
In 2025, 3,477 US boys were named Parker, making it the 102nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 5 places from #97 in 2024. That is 139 fewer than the 3,616 boys named Parker in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #72, reached in 2015. The most boys given the name in a single year was 5,720, in 2014. For comparison, it was #72 in 2015 and #883 in 1950.
In 2025, 2,536 US girls were named Parker, making it the 106th most common girls’ name of the year, down 2 places from #104 in 2024. That is 11 more than the 2,525 girls named Parker in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #104, reached in 2024. The most girls given the name in a single year was 2,536, in 2025. For comparison, it was #228 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Parker in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 14 babies with the name. In all, 163,836 US babies have been given the name, 20% of them girls and 80% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 62,555 babies named Parker.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 39,446 US boys were named Parker; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 4,730. In 2025 that was about 1 in 491 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Parker ranked highest in Vermont in 2025, at #20 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 32 states (counting DC). Rarer spellings such as Parkyr are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Parkyr (25).
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 Parker in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 15 | #20 | #23 |
| West Virginia | 41 | #28 | #34 |
| Maine | 26 | #41 | #37 |
| Alabama | 75 | #57 | #75 |
| Louisiana | 68 | #57 | #58 |
| Arkansas | 47 | #63 | #72 |
| New Hampshire | 23 | #63 | #42 |
| Ohio | 171 | #64 | #44 |
| Indiana | 108 | #65 | #54 |
| Oklahoma | 58 | #67 | #58 |
| Pennsylvania | 169 | #68 | #56 |
| Michigan | 127 | #69 | #55 |
| Nebraska | 33 | #73 | #37 |
| Kentucky | 66 | #75 | #54 |
| Wisconsin | 73 | #77 | #34 |
| Kansas | 45 | #78 | #57 |
| Minnesota | 73 | #80 | #46 |
| Delaware | 13 | #81 | #121 |
| South Dakota | 15 | #82 | #70 |
| Illinois | 137 | #84 | #77 |
| Maryland | 63 | #84 | #75 |
| Missouri | 74 | #85 | #52 |
| Mississippi | 32 | #85 | #76 |
| Rhode Island | 13 | #87 | #96 |
| North Carolina | 134 | #88 | #73 |
| Tennessee | 95 | #90 | #68 |
| South Carolina | 55 | #91 | #78 |
| District of Columbia | 10 | #93 | #139 |
| Connecticut | 39 | #94 | #98 |
| Virginia | 95 | #94 | #68 |
| Montana | 13 | #95 | #50 |
| Washington | 78 | #100 | #70 |
| Oregon | 38 | #103 | #56 |
| Alaska | 8 | #104 | #57 |
| Utah | 49 | #108 | #56 |
| Arizona | 76 | #111 | #103 |
| Georgia | 104 | #112 | #77 |
| Colorado | 63 | #114 | #82 |
| Massachusetts | 63 | #116 | #74 |
| Iowa | 33 | #124 | #46 |
| New York | 147 | #127 | #90 |
| Texas | 297 | #132 | #121 |
| North Dakota | 10 | #134 | #39 |
| Florida | 159 | #137 | #93 |
| Idaho | 19 | #149 | #39 |
| Nevada | 20 | #157 | #97 |
| New Jersey | 63 | #161 | #112 |
| California | 228 | #173 | #137 |
| New Mexico | 8 | #260 | #140 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,536 | #106 | 3,477 | #102 |
| 2024 | 2,525 | #104 | 3,616 | #97 |
| 2023 | 2,296 | #122 | 3,807 | #91 |
| 2022 | 2,409 | #115 | 3,861 | #94 |
| 2021 | 2,420 | #115 | 3,845 | #93 |
| 2020 | 2,148 | #128 | 3,814 | #95 |
| 2019 | 1,977 | #143 | 3,907 | #98 |
| 2018 | 1,764 | #162 | 4,007 | #96 |
| 2017 | 1,494 | #207 | 4,382 | #90 |
| 2016 | 1,482 | #217 | 4,730 | #87 |
| 2015 | 1,447 | #228 | 5,418 | #72 |
| 2014 | 1,406 | #233 | 5,720 | #73 |
| 2013 | 1,202 | #267 | 5,672 | #74 |
| 2012 | 1,024 | #317 | 5,370 | #81 |
| 2011 | 873 | #366 | 5,296 | #79 |
| 2010 | 652 | #465 | 4,732 | #85 |
| 2009 | 600 | #503 | 4,626 | #96 |
| 2008 | 617 | #505 | 4,321 | #103 |
| 2007 | 505 | #594 | 4,077 | #108 |
| 2006 | 453 | #637 | 3,667 | #116 |
| 2005 | 384 | #712 | 3,404 | #119 |
| 2004 | 414 | #661 | 3,063 | #131 |
| 2003 | 310 | #799 | 3,186 | #125 |
| 2002 | 315 | #766 | 3,099 | #126 |
| 2001 | 316 | #759 | 3,187 | #123 |
| 2000 | 254 | #869 | 3,099 | #127 |
| 1999 | 248 | #870 | 3,011 | #124 |
| 1998 | 179 | #1,086 | 2,629 | #142 |
| 1997 | 132 | #1,317 | 2,298 | #150 |
| 1996 | 98 | #1,595 | 1,797 | #179 |
| 1995 | 73 | #1,913 | 1,368 | #216 |
| 1994 | 53 | #2,428 | 1,250 | #238 |
| 1993 | 54 | #2,375 | 1,156 | #247 |
| 1992 | 53 | #2,449 | 1,118 | #256 |
| 1991 | 36 | #3,140 | 883 | #293 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,816 | 724 | #342 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,764 | 529 | #405 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,561 | 418 | #442 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,248 | 333 | #485 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,672 | 338 | #473 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,274 | 310 | #493 |
| 1984 | 11 | #6,166 | 242 | #554 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,830 | 209 | #590 |
| 1982 | 6 | #10,097 | 152 | #707 |
| 1981 | 9 | #7,210 | 135 | #750 |
| 1980 | 5 | #11,631 | 134 | #759 |
| 1979 | — | — | 133 | #753 |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,938 | 109 | #819 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,769 | 66 | #1,069 |
| 1976 | — | — | 48 | #1,280 |
| 1975 | — | — | 43 | #1,336 |
| 1974 | — | — | 28 | #1,738 |
| 1973 | — | — | 32 | #1,537 |
| 1972 | — | — | 47 | #1,205 |
| 1971 | — | — | 65 | #1,013 |
| 1970 | 8 | #6,202 | 61 | #1,048 |
| 1969 | — | — | 53 | #1,074 |
| 1968 | — | — | 63 | #916 |
| 1967 | — | — | 38 | #1,227 |
| 1966 | — | — | 38 | #1,230 |
| 1965 | — | — | 60 | #954 |
| 1964 | — | — | 51 | #1,067 |
| 1963 | — | — | 55 | #1,024 |
| 1962 | — | — | 57 | #1,021 |
| 1961 | — | — | 55 | #1,054 |
| 1960 | — | — | 54 | #1,054 |
| 1959 | — | — | 56 | #1,030 |
| 1958 | — | — | 40 | #1,231 |
| 1957 | — | — | 67 | #926 |
| 1956 | — | — | 54 | #1,028 |
| 1955 | — | — | 51 | #1,062 |
| 1954 | — | — | 60 | #962 |
| 1953 | — | — | 57 | #954 |
| 1952 | — | — | 60 | #923 |
| 1951 | — | — | 62 | #897 |
| 1950 | — | — | 61 | #883 |
| 1949 | — | — | 51 | #981 |
| 1948 | — | — | 69 | #823 |
| 1947 | — | — | 75 | #798 |
| 1946 | — | — | 57 | #875 |
| 1945 | — | — | 52 | #878 |
| 1944 | — | — | 43 | #999 |
| 1943 | — | — | 63 | #835 |
| 1942 | — | — | 50 | #943 |
| 1941 | — | — | 54 | #868 |
| 1940 | — | — | 64 | #779 |
| 1939 | — | — | 62 | #774 |
| 1938 | — | — | 56 | #831 |
| 1937 | — | — | 46 | #928 |
| 1936 | — | — | 51 | #857 |
| 1935 | — | — | 53 | #867 |
| 1934 | — | — | 59 | #818 |
| 1933 | — | — | 59 | #808 |
| 1932 | — | — | 67 | #779 |
| 1931 | — | — | 56 | #853 |
| 1930 | — | — | 50 | #966 |
| 1929 | — | — | 85 | #667 |
| 1928 | — | — | 74 | #748 |
| 1927 | — | — | 76 | #752 |
| 1926 | — | — | 61 | #852 |
| 1925 | — | — | 76 | #757 |
| 1924 | — | — | 78 | #758 |
| 1923 | — | — | 72 | #782 |
| 1922 | — | — | 76 | #764 |
| 1921 | — | — | 66 | #853 |
| 1920 | — | — | 64 | #849 |
| 1919 | — | — | 92 | #635 |
| 1918 | — | — | 82 | #697 |
| 1917 | — | — | 67 | #772 |
| 1916 | — | — | 62 | #788 |
| 1915 | — | — | 72 | #688 |
| 1914 | — | — | 55 | #694 |
| 1913 | — | — | 52 | #614 |
| 1912 | — | — | 34 | #748 |
| 1911 | — | — | 15 | #886 |
| 1910 | — | — | 15 | #812 |
| 1909 | — | — | 17 | #671 |
| 1908 | — | — | 13 | #771 |
| 1907 | — | — | 8 | #1,071 |
| 1906 | — | — | 16 | #610 |
| 1905 | — | — | 14 | #658 |
| 1904 | — | — | 25 | #428 |
| 1903 | — | — | 16 | #569 |
| 1902 | — | — | 8 | #912 |
| 1901 | — | — | 9 | #768 |
| 1900 | — | — | 17 | #619 |
| 1899 | — | — | 9 | #766 |
| 1898 | — | — | 14 | #599 |
| 1897 | — | — | 10 | #715 |
| 1896 | — | — | 16 | #531 |
| 1895 | — | — | 15 | #549 |
| 1894 | — | — | 20 | #434 |
| 1893 | — | — | 13 | #565 |
| 1892 | — | — | 10 | #741 |
| 1891 | — | — | 15 | #469 |
| 1890 | — | — | 12 | #595 |
| 1889 | — | — | 13 | #542 |
| 1888 | — | — | 11 | #639 |
| 1887 | — | — | 14 | #478 |
| 1886 | — | — | 11 | #594 |
| 1885 | — | — | 6 | #915 |
| 1884 | — | — | 9 | #695 |
| 1883 | — | — | 8 | #709 |
| 1882 | — | — | 14 | #509 |
| 1881 | — | — | 12 | #523 |
| 1880 | — | — | 14 | #498 |
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).