Parrish
Parrish was the 8742nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1966, when it ranked 666th with 124 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,731 places. More babies were named Parrish in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #8,742 boys, down 2,535 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 9boys
- Girls and boys
- 26% girls, 74% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1966124 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,190babies recorded
Parrish popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,500 | #8,742 | 6 | 9 |
| 2020 | #10,894 | #6,207 | 9 | 14 |
| 2010 | #16,459 | #6,286 | 6 | 14 |
| 2000 | — | #2,464 | — | 39 |
| 1990 | #9,018 | #1,606 | 9 | 52 |
| 1980 | — | #1,945 | — | 29 |
| 1970 | #7,718 | #859 | 6 | 88 |
| 1960 | — | #4,451 | — | 5 |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Parrish, counting every spelling?
Parrish is the most common spelling of 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 Parrish?
9 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Parrish (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Parrish 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 Parrish.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Parrish?
About 2,500 people born in the US named Parrish are alive today, with a median age of 41; half are between 29 and 57. That makes Parrish 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 Parrish: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Parrish, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Parrish
How popular is the name Parrish?
Parrish was the 8742nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1966, when it ranked 666th with 124 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,731 places. More babies were named Parrish in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Parrish a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 26% girls, 74% boys given the name Parrish in the US.