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How popular is the name Paris?
Births per year, rank history and how many Parises are alive today.
Paris (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 983rd in 2025 with 35 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2004, when 448 babies were given the name, the 119th most popular that year. It has declined since 2004; the 2025 figure is roughly 8% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. Paris is one spelling of a name also recorded as Parris; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Paris you are most likely to meet is around 21 years old. Half of all Parises born in England and Wales are between 18 and 29, and there are at least 5,700 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.8% chance that at least one of them will be called Paris.
How many babies are named Paris each year?
Includes all spellings: Paris, Parris. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Paris spelling rank?
Where does the Parris spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Paris most popular?
Paris peaked in 2004, when 462 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Paris?
At least 5,700 people named Paris in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Paris?
Most living Parises are between 18 and 29; the most common age is about 21.
Is Paris becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2004 peak.