# Parry (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/parry/  
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 |
| Origin | Welsh |
| Meaning | “son of henry” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpæɹi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 508 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 508 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Anglicised from Welsh ap Harri, "son of Henry".

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 13 | 2,905 |
| 1975 | 8 | 4,202 |
| 1976 | 10 | 3,647 |
| 1977 | 7 | 4,975 |
| 1982 | 5 | 7,085 |
| 1983 | 11 | 3,803 |
| 1984 | 10 | 4,130 |
| 1985 | 6 | 6,310 |
| 1989 | 7 | 6,743 |
| 1990 | 7 | 6,965 |
| 1991 | 5 | 9,231 |
| 1992 | 9 | 6,015 |
| 1994 | 7 | 7,538 |
| 1997 | 7 | 7,903 |
| 1999 | 6 | 9,567 |

## People named Parry

- Parry O'Brien, Athletics competitor, shot putter (1932-2007)
- Parry Shen, American actor
- Parry Gripp, American singer-songwriter
- Provo Wallis, British Royal Navy officer and war hero (1791-1892)

## 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.