# Parris (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/parris/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Paris, Parish, Parrish, Pares |
| US babies named this | 3,572 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,903 / 1,669 (47% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 167, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 52 | 3,212 |
| 2012 | 36 | 4,195 |
| 2013 | 31 | 4,616 |
| 2014 | 39 | 3,904 |
| 2015 | 24 | 5,623 |
| 2016 | 26 | 5,248 |
| 2017 | 22 | 5,780 |
| 2018 | 23 | 5,582 |
| 2019 | 21 | 5,940 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9,393 |
| 2021 | 17 | 6,908 |
| 2022 | 15 | 7,552 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,457 |
| 2024 | 13 | 8,316 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,862 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 7,926 |
| 2012 | 15 | 5,911 |
| 2013 | 10 | 7,946 |
| 2014 | 16 | 5,655 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,546 |
| 2016 | 15 | 5,981 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13,743 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,610 |
| 2019 | 10 | 8,055 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9,331 |
| 2021 | 7 | 10,516 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,615 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,520 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,981 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,394 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 14 | 1,296 |
| 1997 | 9 | 1,802 |
| 1998 | 20 | 1,036 |
| 1999 | 32 | 721 |
| 2000 | 9 | 1,831 |
| 2001 | 9 | 1,870 |
| 2002 | 9 | 1,928 |
| 2003 | 13 | 1,552 |
| 2004 | 14 | 1,535 |
| 2005 | 11 | 1,934 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,781 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5 | 2,022 |
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |

## People named Parris

- Parris Glendening, American politician
- Robert Parris Moses, American civil rights activist (1935–2021)

## 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.