Is Parks a boy or girl name?

Parks is a boy’s name. Of the 1,485 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 1.2% were girls and 98.8% were boys.

Parks

Recorded 1892–2025 · United States

Parks was most popular in 2025, when 83 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,004 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,004, with 83 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,485 people named Parks.

Parks over time

Births per year. The dot marks Parks’s peak in 2025. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Parks a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Parks is a boy’s name — 1.2% of the 1,485 Americans given it were girls and 98.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 3% girls and 97% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Parks

Where Parks is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org