Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Parker

Gender

Male

Origin

English
Keeper of the forest: forest ranger. Actor Parker Stevenson.
Park keeper

Syllables

2

Pronunciation

p(a)-rker, par-ker

Famous People

Actress Parker Posey

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2014 (rank #73, 5,697 births); most recent 2025 (rank #102, 3,477 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #106, 2,536 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20253,4772,536
20243,6052,517
20233,8022,296
20223,8582,407
20213,8422,420
20203,8112,147
20193,9061,977
20184,0061,764
20174,3811,494
20164,7291,482

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #121, 467 births); most recent 2025 (rank #175, 293 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #776, 48 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1454, 21 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
202529321
202429348
202335117
202246225
202139538
202040945
201946732
201841731
201741324
201640717

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #2672, 9 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4157, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
20234
20229
2021–
2020–
20193
20184
20176
2016–
20156
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2018 (rank #215, 25 births); most recent 2025 (rank #276, 15 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2015 (rank #895, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoysGirls
202515–
202410–
202314–
202222–
202120–
202022–
201922–
201825–
201715–
201621–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #98, 57 births); most recent 2025 (rank #198, 21 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #359, 9 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoysGirls
2025219
2024406
2023368
2022575
2021416
2020474
201948–
2018504
2017507
2016396

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2017 (rank #117, 24 births); most recent 2025 (rank #175, 12 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #397, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoysGirls
202512–
202416–
202316–
202218–
202122–
2020133
201920–
201821–
2017243
201619–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2012 (rank #44, 82 births); most recent 2023 (rank #84, 39 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #122, 24 births); most recent 2023 (rank #187, 16 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoysGirls
20233916
20225819
20215323
20204324
20195022
20184514
20177316
20166820
20157615
20148014

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence