Parrish
Recorded 1943–2025 · United States
Parrish was most popular in 1966, when 134 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,465 that year. In 2025 it ranked #12,329, with 15 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,190 people named Parrish.
Parrish over time
How old is the name Parrish?
Parrish first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1943, which makes it about 82 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 67 of the 83 years since.
How many people are named Parrish?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,190 American births named Parrish 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 2,943 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Parrish in 2025?
15 American babies were named Parrish in 2025, ranking #12,329 that year.
Is Parrish getting more or less popular?
Parrish is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 14 births a year, against 26 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -45% 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 Parrish a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Parrish is mostly a boy’s name — 15.2% of the 3,190 Americans given it were girls and 84.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 29% girls and 71% 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 Parrish?
Roughly 2,943 Americans named Parrish are alive today — 92% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 39 years old, and half are between 28 and 56.
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 Parrish 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