Parish

Parish was the #8,243 boys' name in the US in 2025 (9 babies).

Parish as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Parish as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0318801900192019401960198020002020US
Parish as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.031880192019602000
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
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#8,243 (9)—
2024#10,938 (6)—
2023#8,921 (8)—
2022#6,828 (12)—
2021#10,799 (6)—
2020#8,067 (9)—
2018#7,617 (10)—
2017#12,246 (5)—
2016#5,318 (17)—
2015#6,324 (13)—
2014#7,562 (10)—
2013#7,537 (10)—
2012#8,158 (9)—
2011#5,200 (17)—
2010#7,087 (11)—

Parish as a girl’s name

  • US
Parish as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020
Parish as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.021880192019602000
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
YearUS
2020#15,088 (5)
2019#11,356 (8)
2017#14,124 (6)
2016#10,859 (9)
2015#14,482 (6)
2014#10,955 (9)
2013#11,969 (8)
2012#9,109 (12)
2011#11,181 (9)
2010#8,271 (14)
2009#10,679 (10)
2008#12,579 (8)
2007#11,630 (9)
2006#9,901 (11)
2005#10,921 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1993 at #1,907.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.
  • In 2020, 36% of US babies named Parish were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 200,000 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.

Next year

On its recent trend, Parish is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 220,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 95,000 to 1 in 500,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.