Boys' name · since 1908
Parke
641 babies named Parke in U.S. Social Security records since 1908, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,809 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 641
- born since 1908
- 1950s
- peak decade
Parke is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 641 have been recorded since 1908.
Parke has 641 recorded births among boys since 1908, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1908 to 2023.
- #6,809 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 641 born since 1908
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Parke ranks #6,809 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 641 born since 1908, peaking in the 1950s.
- #6,809 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 641
- born since 1908
- 1950s
- peak decade
Parke's 641 recorded births place it above 85.02% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Pennsylvania.
Parke's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Parke's SSA record in two at 1957 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1908, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1915 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Parke popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1908–2023
- Peak year (1915)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 116 years of records
Parke by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (90 births, 14% of the file).
1950s was Parke's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 14% of all-time use.
Parke births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
84 births
- 1920s
1920s
89 births
- 1930s
1930s
51 births
- 1940s
1940s
75 births
- 1950s
1950s
90 births
- 1960s
1960s
74 births
- 1970s
1970s
41 births
- 1980s 23
1980s
23 births
- 1990s
1990s
42 births
- 2000s 20
2000s
20 births
- 2010s 30
2010s
30 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 90 births (14% of all-time use).
How Parke 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 Parke's total volume
Parke by state
Where Parke concentrates geographically, total births since 1908
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 64 | 10.0% |
64 of 641 births nationwide.
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- Parke's decade-level peak was the 1950s (90 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Pennsylvania records the most Parkes (64 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Parke: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~115 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, 1908–2023 (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 Parke 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.