Given name & surname
Parker
“the keeper of the park”
Parker is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “the keeper of the park.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “the keeper of the park.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Parker through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 163,836
- 130,941 boys · 32,895 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 7,126 babies
- 2025
- 6,013
- #102 for boys · #106 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +4%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 65% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 3,477 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 102 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 10.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 5,720 in 2014. It also appeared in 2,536 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (297). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 120,174 as a first name in 2020; 323,880 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.
Parker’s family of names
Parker has a related form in Parks. Parker has a related form in Parkar. Parker has a related form in Parkes.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Parker
- Parker PoseyAmerican actress (born 1968)
- Parker YoungAmerican actorborn 1988
- Parker SawyersAmerican actorborn 1984
- Parker GriffithAmerican politicianborn 1942
- Parker McKenna PoseyAmerican actressborn 1995
- Parker FinnAmerican film directorborn 1987
- Parker CroftAmerican actorborn 1987
- Parker Fennellyactor, comedian (1891-1988)
- Parker CorningAmerican politician (1874-1943)
Characters named Parker: The Hood (Marvel character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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