Paris Girl
How popular is Paris?
#592 girl name in 2025
497 baby girls were named Paris in the US in 2025, making it the 592nd most popular girl name. Another 60 boys got the name (#2,304 for boys).
Paris popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #592 for girls (▼ 108 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 497 girls, 60 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-59% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #262 in 2015, #416 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2004 (2,150 girls) |
| Highest rank | #157 in 2004 |
| First recorded | 1917 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 8% boys, 92% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Paris counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Paris family of names ranked #554 for girls in 2025 (#446 the year before), with 515 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Paris | 497 | 97% |
| Parris | 7 | 1% |
| Parys | 11 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Paris is most popular
Babies named Paris per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 1.9 per 1,000 (90 girls)
- District of Columbia: 1.3 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- Georgia: 1.1 per 1,000 (260 girls)
- Louisiana: 1.1 per 1,000 (97 girls)
- South Carolina: 1.1 per 1,000 (99 girls)
Paris by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 23 | #3,342 |
| 1920s | 29 | #3,268 |
| 1930s | 13 | #3,495 |
| 1940s | 68 | #2,945 |
| 1950s | 225 | #1,616 |
| 1960s | 602 | #1,258 |
| 1970s | 500 | #1,544 |
| 1980s | 1,980 | #591 |
| 1990s | 5,066 | #438 |
| 2000s | 10,345 | #157 |
| 2010s | 10,960 | #256 |
| 2020s | 3,852 | #416 |
Girl names about as popular as Paris
Questions
- Is Paris a boy or girl name?
- Paris is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 92% of babies named Paris were girls.
- How popular is the name Paris?
- 497 baby girls were named Paris in the US in 2025, making it the 592nd most popular girl name. Another 60 boys got the name (#2,304 for boys).
- When was Paris most popular?
- Paris peaked in 2004, when 2,150 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #157 in 2004.
- How many people are named Paris?
- 42,923 babies have been named Paris in the US since 1880. We estimate about 40,704 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Paris most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Paris was most common in Mississippi, at 1.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.