Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Parris**

#2,193 most common boys' name of all time · #5,250 across all names · 53% male / 47% female · used 1917–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#2,193
Rank overall
#5,250 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
90 of 146
All-time
3,572
Since 2016
250
Peak year
1993 #1,480
Best rank
#1,332 1968
Girls Boys peak 121/yr
192019401960198020002020

Parris first appears in 1917. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 7 5 12 #12,159
2024 13 6 19 #11,065
2023 11 7 18 #9,862
2022 15 8 23 #9,091
2021 17 7 24 #9,831
2020 11 8 19 #8,824
2019 21 10 31 #7,716
2018 23 13 36 #6,402
2017 22 5 27 #12,434
2016 26 15 41 #5,833
2015 24 9 33 #8,137
2014 39 16 55 #5,512
2013 31 10 41 #7,607
2012 36 15 51 #5,759
2011 52 10 62 #7,582
2010 42 14 56 #6,077
2009 35 21 56 #4,614
2008 34 17 51 #5,277
2007 46 18 64 #5,031
2006 35 17 52 #5,122
2005 66 20 86 #4,347
2004 77 20 97 #4,296
2003 55 20 75 #4,154
2002 33 24 57 #3,569
2001 45 19 64 #4,152
2000 44 30 74 #2,938
1999 47 32 79 #2,676
1998 53 46 99 #2,045
1997 44 36 80 #2,324
1996 50 37 87 #2,229
1995 45 33 78 #2,364
1994 38 42 80 #1,988
1993 58 63 121 #1,480
1992 54 57 111 #1,557
1991 47 58 105 #1,517
1990 39 52 91 #1,601
1989 29 37 66 #1,965
1988 21 44 65 #1,625
1987 35 37 72 #1,777
1986 25 26 51 #2,184
1985 23 37 60 #1,688
1984 6 39 45 #1,569
1983 11 28 39 #1,931
1982 9 28 37 #1,964
1981 12 27 39 #2,013
1980 12 31 43 #1,831
1979 10 16 26 #2,817
1978 11 16 27 #2,728
1977 25 25 #1,977
1976 5 13 18 #3,001
1975 16 16 #2,588
1974 5 21 26 #2,092
1973 8 19 27 #2,173
1972 16 16 #2,374
1971 11 34 45 #1,484
1970 9 34 43 #1,454
1969 17 17 #2,102
1968 11 34 45 #1,332
1967 23 23 #1,638
1966 7 19 26 #1,795
1965 12 18 30 #1,903
1964 9 32 41 #1,405
1963 10 27 37 #1,540
1962 13 19 32 #1,877
1961 8 31 39 #1,463
1960 11 30 41 #1,479
1959 17 17 #2,021
1958 6 24 30 #1,632
1957 5 9 14 #2,957
1956 12 12 #2,458
1955 11 11 #2,525
1954 9 9 #2,886
1953 10 10 #2,667
1952 13 13 #2,232
1951 11 11 #2,467
1950 12 12 #2,306
1949 12 12 #2,319
1948 20 20 #1,698
1947 22 22 #1,640
1946 7 7 #3,115
1945 6 6 #3,253
1944 9 9 #2,606
1943 24 24 #1,457
1942 21 21 #1,582
1940 7 7 #3,075
1936 6 6 #3,469
1934 6 6 #3,588
1927 9 9 #3,131
1925 7 7 #3,698
1917 5 5 #4,555