Park
Park was given to 9 boys in 2025, #8,737 among boys’ names; 1,637 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Park by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Park?
#8,737 among boys’ names, 2025
Park fell from #6,588 in 2015 to #8,737 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 6.8 to 5.3 per million.
33 babies in 1923, the peak
Park peaked in 1923, when 33 boys were given it, #1,270 among boys’ names. The 9 births of 2025 are 27% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,737 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 5 | #13,728 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 5 | #13,647 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,608 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 8 | #9,461 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,370 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,695 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 12 | #7,012 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,572 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,634 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (134)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13 | #6,588 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 19 | #5,004 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,409 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,975 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 7 | #10,487 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 8 | #9,443 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,252 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,618 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 5 | #13,489 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 6 | #11,107 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,713 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 8 | #8,416 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 6 | #10,317 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,323 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 9 | #7,246 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,940 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 7 | #8,212 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,475 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,733 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 5 | #9,904 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 9 | #6,208 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 7 | #7,399 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 6 | #8,182 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 8 | #6,363 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 5 | #9,123 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,735 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,686 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 5 | #7,522 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,564 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,997 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 5 | #7,006 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,727 | under 0.01 |
| 1976 | 5 | #6,244 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 8 | #4,199 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,788 | under 0.01 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,921 | under 0.01 |
| 1972 | 5 | #5,540 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 7 | #4,268 | under 0.01 |
| 1970 | 11 | #3,022 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,384 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,592 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,924 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 5 | #4,373 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,468 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 16 | #2,091 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 20 | #1,822 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,251 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 17 | #2,053 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,286 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,506 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,002 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,166 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,071 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 19 | #1,835 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,563 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,854 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 18 | #1,847 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 22 | #1,630 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,175 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,565 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,798 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 21 | #1,687 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,006 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 16 | #1,747 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,954 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,053 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,411 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,973 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 14 | #1,961 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,139 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,465 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,299 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,626 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,886 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,717 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,533 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,766 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,181 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 17 | #1,876 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,659 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,027 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,633 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,701 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 19 | #1,854 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,112 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 33 | #1,270 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 29 | #1,386 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 25 | #1,534 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 19 | #1,866 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,522 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 32 | #1,250 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,256 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,750 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,332 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,295 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 23 | #1,068 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 28 | #848 | 0.07 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,360 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,283 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,542 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 11 | #850 | 0.07 |
| 1906 | 11 | #793 | 0.08 |
| 1904 | 9 | #861 | 0.07 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,261 | 0.04 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,266 | 0.04 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,170 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,029 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,163 | 0.05 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,259 | 0.04 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,030 | 0.05 |
| 1896 | 13 | #627 | 0.11 |
| 1895 | 7 | #957 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 8 | #841 | 0.07 |
| 1893 | 9 | #750 | 0.08 |
| 1892 | 8 | #843 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 9 | #685 | 0.09 |
| 1890 | 9 | #723 | 0.08 |
| 1889 | 9 | #711 | 0.08 |
| 1888 | 8 | #802 | 0.07 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,030 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 8 | #750 | 0.07 |
| 1882 | 7 | #815 | 0.06 |
| 1881 | 9 | #639 | 0.09 |
| 1880 | 9 | #675 | 0.08 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Park a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Park has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 134 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Park: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Park, and how old are they?
An estimated 685 Americans named Park and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (42% of everyone recorded); the median is 43 years old and half are between 17 and 68. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 1,188 people named Park (100 women and girls, 1,088 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 720 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.6 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Park rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Park born?
The states with the most babies named Park are Pennsylvania, Iowa and Ohio, with 97% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Iowa is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 128 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Iowa | 5 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Ohio | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Texas | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Park is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Park is most over-represented in Pennsylvania: since 1910 it was given 1.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Park with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Park
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Park and names like it
- Compare Park and WrightBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sPark peaked in 1923.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Park since 1910.
- The top names of 1923The year the most babies were named Park.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Park alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with PMost given first.