# Paris (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/paris/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “lutetia of the parisii”, “cauldron” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpæɹɪs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Paree, Parish, Parris, Parrish, Pares, Parise, Pariset, Parez, Paresse, Parisot, Pariseau, Parizeau |
| US babies named this | 42,923 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,260 / 33,663 (78% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,781, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English Parys, Paris, from Old French Paris, from the Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lutetia Parisiorum (“Lutetia of the Parisii”), from Latin Parīsiī, a Gaulish tribe, from Transalpine Gaulish *parios (“cauldron”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-. Doublet of Parizh.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 940 | 337 |
| 2012 | 1,185 | 274 |
| 2013 | 1,243 | 256 |
| 2014 | 1,231 | 269 |
| 2015 | 1,219 | 263 |
| 2016 | 1,161 | 274 |
| 2017 | 1,090 | 301 |
| 2018 | 989 | 330 |
| 2019 | 918 | 345 |
| 2020 | 750 | 416 |
| 2021 | 704 | 445 |
| 2022 | 642 | 490 |
| 2023 | 623 | 491 |
| 2024 | 636 | 484 |
| 2025 | 497 | 592 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 74 | 1,898 |
| 2012 | 87 | 1,737 |
| 2013 | 107 | 1,518 |
| 2014 | 96 | 1,624 |
| 2015 | 84 | 1,798 |
| 2016 | 81 | 1,856 |
| 2017 | 74 | 1,953 |
| 2018 | 78 | 1,914 |
| 2019 | 74 | 1,992 |
| 2020 | 68 | 2,089 |
| 2021 | 64 | 2,214 |
| 2022 | 62 | 2,312 |
| 2023 | 66 | 2,184 |
| 2024 | 52 | 2,590 |
| 2025 | 60 | 2,326 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 91 | 468 |
| 2012 | 108 | 423 |
| 2013 | 107 | 397 |
| 2014 | 94 | 463 |
| 2015 | 75 | 570 |
| 2016 | 71 | 594 |
| 2017 | 71 | 593 |
| 2018 | 65 | 624 |
| 2019 | 62 | 632 |
| 2020 | 65 | 597 |
| 2021 | 60 | 640 |
| 2022 | 69 | 562 |
| 2023 | 45 | 794 |
| 2024 | 44 | 837 |
| 2025 | 35 | 983 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1,986 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1,758 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: بَارِيس, بَارِيز, باريس, پاريس
- Armenian: Փարիզ
- Bulgarian: Пари́ж, Па́рис
- Catalan: París
- Chinese: 巴黎, 巴黎, 帕里斯
- Czech: Paříž
- Danish: Paris
- Dutch: Parijs
- Esperanto: Parizo
- Estonian: Pariis
- Finnish: Pariisi
- French: Paris
- Georgian: პარიზი
- German: Paris
- Greek: Παρίσι
- Hebrew: פָּרִיז
- Hindi: पेरिस
- Hungarian: Párizs, Paris
- Icelandic: París
- Irish: Páras

## People named Paris

- Paris Hilton, American media personality (born 1981)
- Paris Jackson, American model, actress, singer and musician
- Paris Berelc, American actress and model (born 1998)
- Albert Paris Gütersloh, Austrian painter (1887-1973)
- Paris Brunner, German footballer
- Paris Lees, British journalist and activist for transgender rights
- Paris Barclay, American television director and producer
- Paris Bennett, American singer
- Paris Paloma, British singer-songwriter
- Paris Lee, American basketball player (born 1995)
- Paris von Lodron, archbishop of Salzburg (1586-1653)
- Paris Gibson, American politician (1830-1920)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.