Parry
Parry is a boy's name that peaked in 1965, when it was the 1,806th most popular in the United States. It has not appeared in the national data since 1999. About 360 Parrys are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 60.
Popularity, 1880–2025
boys named Parry
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 508
- Estimated living today
- 360
- Median age today
- 60
- Peak year
- 1965
- Best rank
- 1,806th
- Rank in 2025
- unranked
- First recorded
- 1918
How old the living Parrys are
born that year still alive today
Of the 508 babies given the name since 1918, about 360 are alive — 72 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1965 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Where the name comes from
Anglicised from Harri, "son of Henry".
Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Parrys
- Parry O'Brien (1932–2007)Athletics competitor, shot putter
People named Parry with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Where Parry is most common
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 1965
The most popular boys’ names the year Parry peaked:
Related names
Parry against another name
Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.