Is Parris a boy or girl name?

Parris is a unisex name. Of the 3,572 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 46.7% were girls and 53.3% were boys. It changed hands in 1995, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Parris

Recorded 1917–2025 · United States

Parris was most popular in 1993, when 121 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,288 that year. In 2025 it ranked #14,309, with 12 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,572 people named Parris.

Parris over time

Births per year. The dot marks Parris’s peak in 1993. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Parris a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Parris is a unisex name — 46.7% of the 3,572 Americans given it were girls and 53.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 1995 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 66% girls and 34% 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 Parris

Where Parris 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