Param

Param was the #6,803 boys' name in the US in 2025 (12 babies), and #2,133 in England & Wales and #1,804 in Canada.

Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.

Show the numbers

Year	US	England & Wales	Canada
2025	#6,803 (12)	#2,133 (11)	#1,804 (11)
2024	#4,701 (21)	#1,758 (14)	#1,909 (10)
2023	#4,886 (20)	#3,524 (5)	#1,947 (9)
2022	#4,184 (25)	#3,049 (6)	#1,759 (10)
2021	#5,338 (17)	#2,301 (9)	#2,061 (8)
2020	#4,141 (24)	#2,404 (8)	#1,595 (11)
2019	#3,496 (32)	#1,869 (12)	#1,530 (12)
2018	#3,524 (31)	#1,991 (11)	#2,403 (6)
2017	#3,193 (36)	#2,324 (9)	#2,010 (8)
2016	#5,555 (16)	#3,079 (6)	—
2015	#5,289 (17)	#3,908 (4)	#1,816 (9)
2014	#5,066 (18)	#2,964 (6)	#2,667 (5)
2013	#4,463 (21)	#1,920 (11)	—
2012	#4,862 (19)	#2,117 (10)	#2,666 (5)
2011	#5,200 (17)	#2,613 (7)	#2,629 (5)

The tide so far

about 1 in 140,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Where	Sex	Latest year	Share	Verdict
US	Boys	2025	about 1 in 140,000	rare
England & Wales	Boys	2025	about 1 in 25,000	rare
Canada	Boys	2025	about 1 in 14,000	rare

On its recent trend, Param is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 120,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 72,000 to 1 in 200,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

Spelling	Where	Sex	Latest rank	Babies
Param	Canada	Boys	#1,804	11
Param	England & Wales	Boys	#2,133	11
Param	US	Boys	#6,803	12