Parris

Girl · PA-ris · French

Parris is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).

What does Parris mean?

French: spelling of Paris; from the French capital, named after the Gaulish Parisii tribe

Also the Trojan prince of Greek myth who carried off Helen, sparking the Trojan War; as a girl's name it honours the French capital.

Say it: PA-ris

Meaning borrowed from Paris. More on Wiktionary.

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

Parris is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 5 boys in the US.

How popular is Parris in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 32 girls.

Half of all the girls named Parris in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Girls were 67% of the babies named Parris in the UK in 1997, and 77% in 2000.

1996Busiest: 32 in 19992012

Parris in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2012	3	#6,108
2011	3	#6,007
2010	0	–
2009	0	–
2008	0	–
2007	3	#5,415
2006	8	#2,657
2005	12	#1,912
2004	14	#1,634
2003	13	#1,649
2002	10	#1,874
2001	10	#1,832
2000	10	#1,792
1999	32	#787
1998	20	#1,123
1997	10	#1,780
1996	14	#1,381

How popular is Parris in the US?

Rank in 2025: #11,928among girls
Babies in 2025: 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 44% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Parris, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 77 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957. 5 boys were also named Parris in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).

2025 had fewer girls named Parris than any year since 1984.

Half of all the girls named Parris in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 504 girls in the US were given Parris or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #589, up from #11,928 for this spelling alone.

Paris 497
Parris 7

In 1958, 20% of the babies named Parris in the US were girls. By 2019 it was 68%, with more girls than boys since 1995.

1957Busiest: 77 in 20042025

Parris in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	7	#11,928
2024	13	#7,962
2023	11	#8,984
2022	15	#7,276
2021	17	#6,686
2020	11	#8,948
2019	21	#5,794
2018	23	#5,450
2017	22	#5,657
2016	26	#5,129
2015	24	#5,456
2014	39	#3,846
2013	31	#4,541
2012	36	#4,119
2011	52	#3,172
2010	42	#3,688
2009	35	#4,268
2008	34	#4,447
2007	46	#3,530
2006	35	#4,164
2005	66	#2,576
2004	77	#2,261
2003	55	#2,797
2002	33	#3,885
2001	45	#3,087
2000	44	#3,117
1999	47	#2,851
1998	53	#2,567
1997	44	#2,773
1996	50	#2,506
1995	45	#2,682
1994	38	#3,033
1993	58	#2,236
1992	54	#2,381
1991	47	#2,587
1990	39	#2,895
1989	29	#3,471
1988	21	#4,167
1987	35	#2,778
1986	25	#3,457
1985	23	#3,620
1984	6	#9,139
1983	11	#5,822
1982	9	#6,886
1981	12	#5,570
1980	12	#5,543
1979	10	#6,188
1978	11	#5,562
1977	0	–
1976	5	#9,282
1975	0	–
1974	5	#8,773
1973	8	#6,078
1972	0	–
1971	11	#4,808
1970	9	#5,412
1969	0	–
1968	11	#4,221
1967	0	–
1966	7	#5,272
1965	12	#3,732
1964	9	#4,635
1963	10	#4,271
1962	13	#3,591
1961	8	#4,881
1960	11	#3,919
1959	0	–
1958	6	#5,407
1957	5	#6,085

Names like Parris

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

Paris Jasmine Zoe Chloe Hannah Amber Mia Molly Ellie Francesca Emily Abigail

Other spellings of Parris

Paris

Names related to Parris

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