Parks
Parks was the 1987th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 77 babies. Its best year was 1892, when it ranked 1209th; the most babies were born in 2025 (77). Over the last ten years it has moved up 861 places. More babies were named Parks in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,987 boys, up 1,029 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 77boys
- Girls and boys
- 6% girls, 94% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202577 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,485babies recorded
Parks popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,499 | #1,987 | 6 | 77 |
| 2020 | — | #3,016 | — | 39 |
| 2010 | — | #3,781 | — | 28 |
| 2000 | — | #5,820 | — | 12 |
| 1990 | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | — | #5,248 | — | 5 |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | #4,065 | — | 5 |
| 1940 | — | #3,056 | — | 7 |
| 1930 | — | #2,951 | — | 9 |
| 1920 | — | #3,419 | — | 8 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Parks, counting every spelling?
Parks is the most common spelling of a name family that had 77 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 77 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parks | 77 | #1,987 | 294 |
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 Parks?
77 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Parks (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Parks 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 109 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Parks.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Parks?
About 1,100 people born in the US named Parks are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 5 and 20. That makes Parks a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Parks by state
How common Parks was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Utah (8.0×). In 45 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Parks: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Parks, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Parks
How popular is the name Parks?
Parks was the 1987th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 77 babies. Its best year was 1892, when it ranked 1209th; the most babies were born in 2025 (77). Over the last ten years it has moved up 861 places. More babies were named Parks in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Parks a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 6% girls, 94% boys given the name Parks in the US.
Where is Parks most popular?
In 2021–2025, Parks was most common in Utah (0.27 per 1,000 boys), followed by Tennessee and Georgia.