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Parker

Gender
Mostly boys
Say it
PAR-ka
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#177 for boys
US rank, 2025
#102 for boys

Parker is a name of English origin, meaning “park keeper”. In 2025 it ranked 177th for boys in the UK (326 babies) and 102nd for boys in the US (3,477 babies).

What does Parker mean?

English: occupational surname

“park keeper”

From an English surname for a gamekeeper or keeper of an enclosed deer park.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Parker a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Parker has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 30 girls and 326 boys in the UK and 2,536 girls and 3,477 boys in the US.

How popular is Parker in the UK?

Rank in 2025
177th among boys
Babies in 2025
326 about 1 in 920 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 28% in five years
Same name in a class
1.5% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 326 boys in the UK were named Parker, making it the 177th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 134th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 537 boys. 30 girls were also named Parker in 2025 (1,163rd for girls).

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Parker than any year since 2013.

Half of all the boys named Parker in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 175th in England and Wales, 198th in Scotland and 175th in Northern Ireland.

2004Busiest: 537 in 20222025
Parker in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025326#177
2024349#166
2023403#150
2022537#118
2021458#142
2020469#134
2019535#122
2018488#133
2017487#134
2016465#144
2015465#143
2014354#180
2013134#355
2012108#421
201159#649
201027#1,085
200925#1,115
200811#1,930
200716#1,458
200610#1,845
20054#3,330
20043#3,792

How popular is Parker in the US?

Rank in 2025
102nd among boys
Babies in 2025
3,477 about 1 in 490 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 7% in five years
Same name in a class
2.8% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 3,477 boys in the US were named Parker, making it the 102nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 95th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 5,720 boys. 2,536 girls were also named Parker in 2025 (106th for girls).

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Parker than any year since 2005.

Half of all the boys named Parker in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

Girls were 12% of the babies named Parker in the US in 1970, and 42% in 2025.

1880Busiest: 5,720 in 20142025
Parker in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20253,477#102
20243,616#97
20233,807#91
20223,861#94
20213,845#93
20203,814#95
20193,907#98
20184,007#96
20174,382#90
20164,730#87
20155,418#72
20145,720#73
20135,672#74
20125,370#81
20115,296#79
20104,732#85
20094,626#96
20084,321#103
20074,077#108
20063,667#116
20053,404#119
20043,063#131
20033,186#125
20023,099#126
20013,187#123
20003,099#127
19993,011#124
19982,629#142
19972,298#150
19961,797#179
19951,368#216
19941,250#238
19931,156#246
19921,118#256
1991883#293
1990724#342
1989529#405
1988418#441
1987333#485
1986338#471
1985310#491
1984242#554
1983209#587
1982152#706
1981135#750
1980134#758
1979133#751
1978109#816
197766#1,064
197648#1,267
197543#1,322
197428#1,692
197332#1,514
197247#1,196
197165#1,007
197061#1,043
196953#1,064
196863#910
196738#1,214
196638#1,215
196560#948
196451#1,059
196355#1,019
196257#1,012
196155#1,051
196054#1,044
195956#1,025
195840#1,221
195767#924
195654#1,018
195551#1,053
195460#951
195357#949
195260#914
195162#891
195061#877
194951#966
194869#820
194775#793
194657#869
194552#864
194443#991
194363#828
194250#933
194154#858
194064#770
193962#770
193856#825
193746#922
193651#853
193553#858
193459#808
193359#799
193267#769
193156#841
193050#958
192985#666
192874#743
192776#747
192661#842
192576#755
192478#752
192372#777
192276#759
192166#849
192064#846
191992#633
191882#692
191767#765
191662#781
191572#681
191455#687
191352#611
191234#735
191115#855
191015#782
190917#653
190813#744
19078#998
190616#590
190514#636
190425#417
190316#550
19028#861
19019#727
190017#603
18999#714
189814#572
189710#681
189616#518
189515#529
189420#419
189313#538
189210#687
189115#456
189012#566
188913#525
188811#609
188714#461
188611#578
18856#835
18849#663
18838#677
188214#489
188112#503
188014#482

Names like Parker

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Hunter, Cooper, Carter, Asher, Mason, Spencer, Grayson, Archer, Hudson, Marley, River, Jonah

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Every English name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Parker: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/parker, updated 20 October 2026.