Parsa
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- par-SAH
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Parsa is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “pious”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Parsa mean?
Persian
“pious”
From the Persian word parsa, describing a devout, virtuous or abstinent person.
Is Parsa a girl's or a boy's name?
Parsa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Parsa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Parsa, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Parsa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2011, 33% of the babies named Parsa in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Parsa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,487 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
How popular is Parsa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Parsa, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Parsa in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Parsa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,915 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 34 | #3,284 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 35 | #2,956 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 37 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
Names like Parsa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Yuvraj Pranav Krishiv Prithvi Avi Vihaan Shivansh Dhruv Krishna Veer Priyansh
Names related to Parsa
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
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, “Parsa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/parsa, updated 20 October 2026.