Girls' name · since 1899
Parlie
Parlie has 22 recorded births since 1899 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1899 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #44,937 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1899
- 1910s
- peak decade
22 girls have been named Parlie since 1899, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Parlie has 22 recorded births among girls since 1899, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1899 to 1929.
- #44,937 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 22 born since 1899
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Parlie ranks #44,937 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 1899, peaking in the 1910s.
- #44,937 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1899
- 1910s
- peak decade
Parlie's 22 recorded births place it above 37.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Parlie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Parlie's full recorded timeline at 1917, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1899 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Parlie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1899–1929
- Peak year (1899)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Parlie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (11 births, 50% of the file).
1910s was Parlie's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Parlie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s
1890s
6 births
- 1910s
1910s
11 births
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 11 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Parlie's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 1920s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Parlie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1899)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1899–1929 (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 Parlie 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.