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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Parnell

Parnell was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1963, when it ranked 1250th with 39 babies. More babies were named Parnell in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
196339 babies
Total since 1880
1,479babies recorded

Parnell popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few girls are given the name too: 57 since 1917.

YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990#3,42418
1980#4,8318
1970#2,47615
1960#2,28814
1950#1,60322
1940#2,06013
1930#1,48925
1920#1,86719
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Parnell, counting every spelling?

Parnell has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Parnell?

About 900 people born in the US named Parnell are alive today, with a median age of 53; half are between 38 and 64. That makes Parnell mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Parnell by state

How common Parnell was among boys born in each state in 1961–1965, around its peak. In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIL0.03Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesLA0.06Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesAL0.03Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Parnell, boys, 1961–1965. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Parnell: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Parnell, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Parnell

How popular is the name Parnell?

Parnell was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1963, when it ranked 1250th with 39 babies. More babies were named Parnell in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Parnell a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 57 girls and 1,422 boys.

Where was Parnell most popular?

In 1961–1965, Parnell was most common in Louisiana (0.06 per 1,000 boys), followed by Alabama and Illinois.