Parke — boys' name

What the Data Says About Parke

The Social Security Administration has registered 641 babies named Parke between 1908 and 2023, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Parke currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Parke performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Parke shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 64 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Parke in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Parke in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 641 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.