Paris

What Paris means

Means “Lutetia of the Parisii”

From Middle English Parys, Paris, from Old French Paris, from the Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lutetia Parisiorum (“Lutetia of the Parisii”), from Latin Parīsiī, a Gaulish tribe, from Transalpine Gaulish *parios (“cauldron”), f

Source: Wiktionary, “Paris” (revision 94593860), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Paris?

US: Falling: down from #262 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #570 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2004, when 2,150 girls got the name (#157 that year). First in the US records in 1917.

How common

• About 1 in 3,234 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,237 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DC (2.97 per 1,000 girls), MS (1.35 per 1,000 girls), AL (1.04 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Paris is #592 in the US and #983 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 89.2% of US babies named Paris were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Parys11 US
• Parris7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Paris

Girls

• Ariana#128Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #46 in 2015, #128 in 2025
• Greta#908Editor’s note Down from #575 in 2015 to #908 in 2025 in the US
• Arianna#234Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #56 in 2015, #234 in 2025
• Lilly#252Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Brooklyn#118“wetland, marsh”^*
• Allie#569Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #255 in 2015, #569 in 2025

For a brother

• Zander#396Diminutive of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Damien#352Form of Damian, meaning “to tame”^*
• Xander#259Diminutive of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Gabriel#37Finnish, meaning “God is my strong man, God is my hero”^*
• Damian#109“to tame”^*
• Angel#67Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #67 vs #1,307 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a place name, Greek, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Paris’s. Rank is US 2025.