Parks
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- PARKS
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,976 for boys
Parks is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “of the park”. In 2025 it ranked 1,976th for boys in the US (77 babies).
What does Parks mean?
English: English surname
“of the park”
Rosa Parks, whose 1955 refusal to give up her bus seat sparked the Montgomery bus boycott, made the surname famous.
Is Parks a girl's or a boy's name?
Parks is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 77 boys in the US.
How popular is Parks in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,976among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 77about 1 in 22,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 77 boys in the US were named Parks, making it the 1,976th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,979th. It first appears in the records in 1892. 6 girls were also named Parks in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Parks of any year since it first appeared, in 1892.
Half of all the boys named Parks in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Parks in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | #1,976 |
| 2024 | 59 | #2,370 |
| 2023 | 63 | #2,243 |
| 2022 | 47 | #2,751 |
| 2021 | 48 | #2,651 |
| 2020 | 39 | #2,979 |
| 2019 | 41 | #2,941 |
| 2018 | 49 | #2,578 |
| 2017 | 48 | #2,596 |
| 2016 | 41 | #2,884 |
| 2015 | 42 | #2,808 |
| 2014 | 44 | #2,703 |
| 2013 | 36 | #3,058 |
| 2012 | 44 | #2,715 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,889 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,073 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,197 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,095 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,048 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,193 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,088 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 19 | #1,815 |
| 1922 | 19 | #1,827 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,642 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,042 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
Names like Parks
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Parks: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/parks, updated 20 October 2026.