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Mostly girls · peaked in 2004

Paris name popularity since 1925

42,169 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Paris (79.7% girls, 20.3% boys). Half of them were born in 2005 or earlier, so the typical Paris is about 21 years old in 2026. Paris peaked in 2004 as the #157 name for girls, and it ranked #592 in 2025.

US babies since 1925
42,169
Named Paris, 1925–2025
Peak year
2004
#157 for girls that year
Typical age
About 21
Median birth year 2005
In 2025
#592
for girls in 2025 (497 babies)
Girls / boys
79.7% girls
33,620 girls · 8,549 boys
Most popular in
Georgia
2.25× its national share

Peak year is the year Paris made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Paris births per year, 1925–2025

Babies named Paris per year, 1925–2025

2004 was the biggest year for Paris both by count and as a share of all babies.

  • Fastest rise: Between 1999 and 2004, Paris became 3.6× more common, from 1 in 3,110 baby girls to 1 in 854.
  • Steepest fall: Between 2004 and 2009, its share of baby girls fell by 64%, from 1 in 854 to 1 in 2,360.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Paris's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Paris.

Decade by decade

Babies named Paris in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade GirlsBoys Rank
1925–29 9155 –
1930s 13248 Under 5
1940s 68301 Under 5
1950s 225402 #2,147
1960s 602626 #1,362
1970s 500861 #2,393
1980s 1,9801,434 #807
1990s 5,0662,250 #514
2000s 10,3451,067 #205
2010s 10,960833 #263
2020–25 3,852372 #592

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.

Generation fingerprint

40.2% of babies named Paris from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:

Paris by generation Greatest Generation born 1925–27 0.2% Silent Generation born 1928–45 1.3% Baby Boomers born 1946–64 3.4% Gen X born 1965–80 5.0% Millennials born 1981–96 19.9% Gen Z born 1997–2012 40.2% Gen Alpha born 2013–25 30.0%

Where Paris is most popular

The index compares Paris's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Paris.

StateIndexBabies
Georgia2.25×2,267
Louisiana2.21×1,443
Mississippi2.03×897
Florida1.91×2,506
South Carolina1.88×956

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Paris's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Paris.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Paris (2004).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data