Given name & surname

Parham

Parham is a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Parham isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Parham through the years

Babies since 1880
10
10 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1994
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
012320002025Highest share 19950.0
Parham in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1994–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1995. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 408 as a first name in 2020; 14,965 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Parham’s family of names

Parham may belong to the same name family as PARRHAM. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Parham’s family in the name graph

ParhamAbrahamIbrahimإبراهيم

The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Parham, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Hytham

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Aurash

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Arabic · Modern

Saddam

“a powerful ruler; the crusher”

11Very rare

>99% boys

Modern

Tannim

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Akiel

0Not recently recordedRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Rickeem

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Jakeel

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Ramil

Ramil is a masculine given name. It is used in Cebuano.

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Parham’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Parham

A sister for Parham