girls:
1.6k births since 1957
#4112 (28th percentile)
boys:
1.9k births since 1917
#2874 (37th percentile)
overall:
3.5k births since 1917
#4601 (41st percentile)
The name Parris is the #4,601 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,540 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 40.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 40.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,874 (37.3% percentile) for all time with 1,892 births since 1917. For girls, it ranks #4,112 (28.0% percentile) for all time with 1,648 births since 1957.
Parris first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (1917 for boys and 1957 for girls). Birth data for Parris is available in 88 out of the 107 years between 1917 and 2023 (88 years for boys and 61 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 Parris is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 61.1% of babies named Parris were girls. Interestingly, until around 1996, the name was more popular for boys (69.3% boys from 1917 to 1995), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (67.2% girls from 1996 to 2023).
For boys, Parris reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 7.6% percentile (ranked #711) with 31 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 31 births per million (ranked 7.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Parris ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 12.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Parris reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 7.7% percentile (ranked #865) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 38 births per million (ranked 7.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Parris ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 16.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Parris".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Parris. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 42.9% confident that Parris is pronounced as PA-rihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is PEH-rihs, at 33.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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