Unisex name · since 1915
Parish
Parish has 910 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,462 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,301 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 910
- born since 1915
- 1990s
- peak decade
910 babies have been named Parish since 1915, making it today's #8301 unisex name.
Parish has 910 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8301 as of the latest data, more common than 40% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #5,462 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,301 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 910 born since 1915
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Parish ranks #5,462 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,301 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 910 born since 1915, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,462 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,301 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 910
- born since 1915
- 1990s
- peak decade
Parish's 910 recorded births place it above 87.99% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
How Parish compares
910 Top 33% higher than 67% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Parish's all-time total is 147% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Parish | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 910 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 43 | 34 | 22,252 |
Parish's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Parish's full recorded timeline at 1992, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1923, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 43 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Parish popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Parish popularity over time - girls
302 total births recorded since 1967 (Parish as girls' name)
Parish by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (238 births, 26% of the file).
1990s was Parish's strongest decade.
238 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Parish births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
116 births
- 1970s
1970s
157 births
- 1980s
1980s
125 births
- 1990s
1990s
238 births
- 2000s
2000s
111 births
- 2010s
2010s
102 births
- 2020s 50
2020s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 238 births (26% of all-time use).
How Parish compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Parish's total volume
Parish by state
Where Parish concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 56 | 6.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 14 | 1.5% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 0.5% |
56 of 910 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Parish's data
- Parish's decade-level peak was the 1990s (238 total births); usage has since declined to 50 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Parishs (56 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Parish: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~110 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Parish draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.