Parish
Parish was the 8740th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1967, when it ranked 1596th; the most babies were born in 1991 (43). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,148 places. More babies were named Parish in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #8,740 boys, down 182 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 9boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199143 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,212babies recorded
Parish popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #8,740 | — | 9 |
| 2020 | #16,939 | #8,558 | 5 | 9 |
| 2010 | #8,605 | #7,447 | 14 | 11 |
| 2000 | #10,521 | #3,502 | 9 | 24 |
| 1990 | #12,465 | #2,847 | 6 | 23 |
| 1980 | — | #6,038 | — | 6 |
| 1970 | #8,925 | #2,103 | 5 | 19 |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Parish, counting every spelling?
Parish is a spelling of Parrish, a name family that had 18 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 18 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parrish | 9 | #8,742 | 53 |
| Parish | 9 | #8,740 | 41 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Parish?
9 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Parish (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Parish born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 930 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Parish.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Parish?
About 800 people born in the US named Parish are alive today, with a median age of 34; half are between 23 and 49. That makes Parish mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Parish: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Parish, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Parish
How popular is the name Parish?
Parish was the 8740th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1967, when it ranked 1596th; the most babies were born in 1991 (43). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,148 places. More babies were named Parish in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Parish a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Parish in the US.