girls:
32.5k births since 1917
#779 (86th percentile)
boys:
9.1k births since 1881
#1235 (73rd percentile)
overall:
41.7k births since 1881
#1208 (84th percentile)
The name Paris is the #1,208 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 41,658 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 84.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 84.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #779 (86.4% percentile) for all time with 32,510 births since 1917. For boys, it ranks #1,235 (73.1% percentile) for all time with 9,148 births since 1881.
Paris first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (1881 for boys and 1917 for girls). Birth data for Paris is available in 139 out of the 143 years between 1881 and 2023 (139 years for boys and 91 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Paris has been given predominantly to girls, with 78.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 90.4% of babies named Paris were girls. Interestingly, until around 1963, the name was more popular for boys (77.9% boys from 1881 to 1962), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (81.7% girls from 1963 to 2023).
For girls, Paris reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 83.5% percentile (ranked #155) with 1,066 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 1,066 births per million (ranked 83.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Paris ranks #440 for girls (53.6% percentile) with 353 births per million, which is 33.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Paris reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 34.3% percentile (ranked #500) with 140 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 140 births per million (ranked 34.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Paris ranks #850 for boys (6.7% percentile) with 36 births per million, which is 25.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Paris".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Paris. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.0% confident that Paris is pronounced as PA-rihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is PEH-rihs, at 40.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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