Parish
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- PAIR-ish
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Parish is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “parish”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Parish mean?
English: spelling of Parrish; English surname
“parish”
The American illustrator Maxfield Parrish is a well-known bearer of the surname.
Meaning borrowed from Parrish.
Is Parish a girl's or a boy's name?
Parish is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Parish in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Parish, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1991, with 43 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Parish in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2000, 27% of the babies named Parish in the US were girls.
Parish in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1993 | 43 | #1,902 |
| 1992 | 34 | #2,209 |
| 1991 | 43 | #1,817 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,774 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,511 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,158 |
| 1971 | 28 | #1,667 |
| 1970 | 19 | #2,057 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1967 | 24 | #1,572 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,813 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
Names like Parish
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ravi Avi Krish Aj Pranav Rishi Viraj Shivansh Aarav Siddharth Parth Dhruv
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Parish: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/parish, updated 20 October 2026.