first name
PARIS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 30,275 people named Paris, 57.1% reported their origin as Black, 22% as White and 11.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 80.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Paris peaked in 2004, when 2,246 babies got the name.
At least 42,923 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Paris by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #568. The largest share of babies named Paris, 39.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Paris is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Paris has been most common in Georgia (2.2×), Louisiana (2.2×), and Nevada (2.1×), and least common in West Virginia (0.14×).
36,115 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Paris
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Paris, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Paris ranks #2,087 of 156,621, with 16,831 people. See Paris as a last name
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