Parrish
Mostly boys · PAIR-ish · English
Parrish is a name of English origin, meaning “parish”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Parrish mean?
English: English surname
“parish”
The American illustrator Maxfield Parrish is a well-known bearer of the surname.
- Say it
- PAIR-ish
Is Parrish a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Parrish has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 9 boys in the US.
How popular is Parrish in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Parrish, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1966, with 124 boys. It first appears in the records in 1943. 6 girls were also named Parrish in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Parrish in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2019, 17% of the babies named Parrish in the US were girls.
Parrish in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 34 | #2,843 |
| 2002 | 34 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 34 | #2,737 |
| 2000 | 39 | #2,421 |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,861 |
| 1998 | 48 | #1,984 |
| 1997 | 39 | #2,198 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,042 |
| 1995 | 56 | #1,618 |
| 1994 | 70 | #1,395 |
| 1993 | 76 | #1,301 |
| 1992 | 88 | #1,183 |
| 1991 | 67 | #1,376 |
| 1990 | 52 | #1,582 |
| 1989 | 50 | #1,585 |
| 1988 | 43 | #1,640 |
| 1987 | 24 | #2,329 |
| 1986 | 26 | #2,159 |
| 1985 | 32 | #1,833 |
| 1984 | 29 | #1,884 |
| 1983 | 30 | #1,821 |
| 1982 | 22 | #2,268 |
| 1981 | 24 | #2,137 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,910 |
| 1979 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,375 |
| 1977 | 26 | #1,904 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,931 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,304 |
| 1974 | 39 | #1,370 |
| 1973 | 67 | #987 |
| 1972 | 78 | #905 |
| 1971 | 96 | #822 |
| 1970 | 88 | #857 |
| 1969 | 84 | #836 |
| 1968 | 96 | #756 |
| 1967 | 100 | #735 |
| 1966 | 124 | #663 |
| 1965 | 78 | #831 |
| 1964 | 72 | #895 |
| 1963 | 63 | #946 |
| 1962 | 96 | #775 |
| 1961 | 78 | #866 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 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 | 8 | #2,731 |
Names like Parrish
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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