Meaning & origin
What it means
Parsa goes back to Persian پارسا (pârsâ), meaning “pious, devout.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Parsa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 742
- 742 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #4,823 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,823 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 37 in 2003. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 996 as a first name in 2020; 790 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.
Parsa’s family of names
In Greek usage, Parsa as a surname is a transliteration of Παρσά.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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