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Parrish

#8,738 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Parrish has been given to 3,190 babies in the U.S. since 1943. In 2025 it ranked #8,738 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1966, with 124 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% boys, 15% girls all-time.

Babies named Parrish, 2025

1 in 368,000

Parrish over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Parrish over time

In 2025, Parrish went to 40% girls and 60% boys.

19432025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Parrish: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Parrish means

Parrish is a given name.

The naming story behind Parrish

Wikidata records Parrish as a given name. The entity identifier is Q121422504, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,706 boys were recorded with the name Parrish between 1943 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 124 in 1966; its best national rank was #666 in 1966.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,203 in 2020 to #8,738 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,009 in 2015 to #8,738 in 2025.

In the United States, 484 girls were recorded with the name Parrish between 1961 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 26 in 1992; its best national rank was #3,889 in 1965.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #10,889 in 2020 to #14,496 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Parrish?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 190,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#8,738
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Parrish sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Parrish. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Parrishs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Parrish was born before 1981 — so the typical Parrish is around 44 today.

Median birth year
1981
About 44 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
29.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
17.8%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,698
People you could plausibly meet
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1960s — 29.4% of all recorded uses (796).

Is Parrish rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−575
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,535
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,729
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.47×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
7.3%
Peak was 1966 (124)
Years since peak
59
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#666
1966

Spellings of Parrish

Parrish is not the most common spelling — Harris is, with 45.5% against Parrish's 7.5%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Parrish is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Parrish was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 129,890 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Illinois1 in 50,000
  2. 2California1 in 100,000
  3. 3Florida1 in 100,000
  4. 4Georgia1 in 100,000
  5. 5Louisiana1 in 100,000
  6. 6Missouri1 in 100,000
  7. 7North Carolina1 in 100,000
  8. 8New York1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Parrish has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Parrish is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Parrish was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,178,436 across all states with data. It was least common in Illinois (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Illinois1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Parrish has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Parrish around the world

Where Parrish ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    1969–1975
    #460
    in 1975

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Parrish by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,738
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,535
Best rank ever
#666
1966
Peak year
1966
124 that year
First recorded
1943
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,706
Count in 2025
9

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#14,496
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,607
Best rank ever
#3,889
1965
Peak year
1992
26 that year
First recorded
1961
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
484
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Parrish

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

ParishParrisParthParnellParksParleyParisParkParsaAnishParthivTavishParamKrishTanishLeibishPartickDanishKavishHamishAarishParkeBerishAshish

Names with a curve like Parrish

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Parrish, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

DarynDarronDeronStoneyPernellAndraDarenBrookDaronLisaRaynardShan

Sibling names for Parrish

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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