The name pages

Parker

Parker places #102 across the country in 2025, keeping its place without fuss. It has been on the books since 1880 and never mattered more than it does today; 130,941 bearers and counting.

Parker on the door plaque, from the book's opening page
Parker complete and glowing, from the book's payoff page
Free Name Kit

Parker’s free Name Kit

Five printables for Parker, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.

  • Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
  • Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
  • Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
  • Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
  • Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.

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Popularity

Parker since 1880

Parker stands at its girls' all-time peak, #106, right now. Parker peaked for boys in 2014 at #73 and stands at #102 in 2025.

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United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.

Where it lives

Where Parker is most common

The state that gives Parker most often, per boys born there, is Vermont (1.24% in 2025); Maine and West Virginia are close behind.

Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.

Related

Names that sit near Parker

Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.

Browse: names starting with P · all names

Questions

About Parker

1

How popular is the name Parker?

Parker places #102 across the country in 2025, keeping its place without fuss. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.

2

What is the recorded meaning of Parker?

Parker postdates the reference we are able to quote, so no meaning is shown; the popularity record above is the fact this page can stand on.

3

Is there a sibling name for Parker?

The recipe puts Piper first, then Phoebe, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.

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