Parker
Parker is a unisex name: 2,536 girls and 3,477 boys were given it in 2025 (#106 among girls’ names and #102 among boys’, #78 among all names counting both); 163,836 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 159,000 Americans named Parker and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 13 years old and half are between 7 and 21.
Parker is among the most evenly shared names of 2025: #10 of 43 unisex names by how close its split is to half and half.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Parker by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Parker mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Parker is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
/ˈpɑɹkɚ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Parker?
#102 among boys’ names, 2025
Parker fell from #72 in 2015 to #102 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 2.8 to 2.0 per 1,000.
7,126 babies in 2014, the peak
Parker peaked in 2014, when 7,126 babies were given it (5,720 boys, #73 among boys’ names). The 6,013 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 84% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,536 | #106 | 3,477 | #102 |
| 2024 | 2,525 | #104 | 3,616 | #97 |
| 2023 | 2,296 | #122 | 3,807 | #91 |
| 2022 | 2,409 | #115 | 3,861 | #94 |
| 2021 | 2,420 | #115 | 3,845 | #93 |
| 2020 | 2,148 | #128 | 3,814 | #95 |
| 2019 | 1,977 | #143 | 3,907 | #98 |
| 2018 | 1,764 | #162 | 4,007 | #96 |
| 2017 | 1,494 | #207 | 4,382 | #90 |
| 2016 | 1,482 | #217 | 4,730 | #87 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,447 | #228 | 5,418 | #72 |
| 2014 | 1,406 | #233 | 5,720 | #73 |
| 2013 | 1,202 | #267 | 5,672 | #74 |
| 2012 | 1,024 | #317 | 5,370 | #81 |
| 2011 | 873 | #366 | 5,296 | #79 |
| 2010 | 652 | #465 | 4,732 | #85 |
| 2009 | 600 | #503 | 4,626 | #96 |
| 2008 | 617 | #505 | 4,321 | #103 |
| 2007 | 505 | #594 | 4,077 | #108 |
| 2006 | 453 | #637 | 3,667 | #116 |
| 2005 | 384 | #712 | 3,404 | #119 |
| 2004 | 414 | #661 | 3,063 | #131 |
| 2003 | 310 | #799 | 3,186 | #125 |
| 2002 | 315 | #766 | 3,099 | #126 |
| 2001 | 316 | #759 | 3,187 | #123 |
| 2000 | 254 | #868 | 3,099 | #127 |
| 1999 | 248 | #869 | 3,011 | #124 |
| 1998 | 179 | #1,085 | 2,629 | #142 |
| 1997 | 132 | #1,315 | 2,298 | #150 |
| 1996 | 98 | #1,593 | 1,797 | #179 |
| 1995 | 73 | #1,908 | 1,368 | #216 |
| 1994 | 53 | #2,423 | 1,250 | #238 |
| 1993 | 54 | #2,370 | 1,156 | #247 |
| 1992 | 53 | #2,444 | 1,118 | #256 |
| 1991 | 36 | #3,134 | 883 | #293 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,811 | 724 | #342 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,758 | 529 | #405 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,556 | 418 | #442 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,243 | 333 | #485 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,669 | 338 | #473 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,272 | 310 | #493 |
| 1984 | 11 | #6,165 | 242 | #554 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,828 | 209 | #590 |
| 1982 | 6 | #10,094 | 152 | #707 |
| 1981 | 9 | #7,208 | 135 | #750 |
| 1980 | 5 | #11,629 | 134 | #759 |
| 1979 | under 5 | 133 | #753 | |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,936 | 109 | #819 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,767 | 66 | #1,069 |
| 1976 | under 5 | 48 | #1,280 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 43 | #1,336 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 28 | #1,738 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 32 | #1,537 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 47 | #1,205 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 65 | #1,013 | |
| 1970 | 8 | #6,201 | 61 | #1,048 |
| 1969 | under 5 | 53 | #1,074 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 63 | #916 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 38 | #1,226 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 38 | #1,229 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 60 | #954 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 51 | #1,067 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 55 | #1,023 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 57 | #1,020 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 55 | #1,053 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 54 | #1,053 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 56 | #1,029 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 40 | #1,230 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 67 | #925 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 54 | #1,027 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 51 | #1,061 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 60 | #961 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 57 | #953 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 60 | #922 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 62 | #896 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 61 | #882 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 51 | #980 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 69 | #822 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 75 | #797 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 57 | #875 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 52 | #878 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 43 | #999 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 63 | #835 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 50 | #943 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 54 | #868 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 64 | #779 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 62 | #774 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 56 | #831 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 46 | #928 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 51 | #857 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 53 | #867 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 59 | #818 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 59 | #808 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 67 | #779 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 56 | #853 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 50 | #966 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 85 | #667 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 74 | #748 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 76 | #752 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 61 | #852 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 76 | #757 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 78 | #758 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 72 | #782 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 76 | #764 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 66 | #853 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 64 | #849 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 92 | #635 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 82 | #697 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 67 | #772 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 62 | #788 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 72 | #688 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 55 | #694 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 52 | #614 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 34 | #748 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 15 | #885 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 15 | #812 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 17 | #671 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 13 | #771 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 8 | #1,070 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 16 | #610 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 14 | #658 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 25 | #428 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 16 | #569 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 8 | #911 | |
| 1901 | under 5 | 9 | #768 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 17 | #619 | |
| 1899 | under 5 | 9 | #766 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 14 | #598 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 10 | #715 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 16 | #531 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 15 | #549 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 20 | #434 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 13 | #565 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 10 | #740 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 15 | #469 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 12 | #595 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 13 | #542 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 11 | #639 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 14 | #478 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 11 | #594 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 6 | #914 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 9 | #695 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 8 | #709 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 14 | #509 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 12 | #523 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 14 | #498 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Parker a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 163,836 Americans recorded as Parker, 20% are girls and 80% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Parker: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Parker, and how old are they?
159,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 97% of the 163,836 Americans ever recorded as Parker. The median Parker alive today is 13 years old; half are between 7 and 21.
The 2020 Census counted 120,174 people named Parker (18,165 women and girls, 102,009 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 124,707 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 190 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 714 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 928 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 11,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 65,400 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 80,800 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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 Parker born?
The states with the most babies named Parker are Texas, California and Ohio, with 21% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 593 | #132 | 0.8× |
| California | 402 | #173 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 287 | #64 | 1.2× |
| Florida | 264 | #137 | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 249 | #68 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 237 | #88 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 227 | #84 | 0.8× |
| New York | 227 | #127 | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 211 | #69 | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 190 | #112 | 1.0× |
Where Parker is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Parker is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 1.8 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 Parker with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
More about Parker and names like it
- The most given names of the 2010sParker peaked in 2014.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Parker since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Parker: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2014The year the most babies were named Parker.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Parker alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with PMost given first.