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
How old is the name Parris?
Parris first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1917, which makes it about 108 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 90 of the 109 years since.
How many people are named Parris?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,572 American births named Parris between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,298 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Parris in 2025?
12 American babies were named Parris in 2025, ranking #14,309 that year.
Is Parris getting more or less popular?
Parris is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 19 births a year, against 48 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -60% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
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.
How old is someone named Parris?
Roughly 3,298 Americans named Parris are alive today — 92% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 32 years old, and half are between 21 and 43.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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