Thirty years of Parker
Parker in numbers
Parker has risen from 3 boys in 2004 (its first published year) to 293 in 2025, though it is below its peak of 467 in 2019. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2012 and 2015, from 93 to 397.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year+0%293 to 293
- 5 years-28%409 to 293
- 10 years-26%397 to 293
- 20 years+9,667%3 to 293
- Since 2004 (first published)×983 to 293
- Total, 1996 to 20254,957boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 175 · ONS · 293 in 2024
Rank 198 · NRS · 40 in 2024
Rank 175 · NISRA · 16 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | =175 | 293 | +0% | 1 in 1,026 |
| 2024 | 172 | 293 | -17% | 1 in 1,041 |
| 2023 | 151 | 351 | -24% | 1 in 863 |
| 2022 | 121 | 462 | +17% | 1 in 672 |
| 2021 | 143 | 395 | -3% | 1 in 810 |
| 2020 | 136 | 409 | -12% | 1 in 769 |
| 2019 | 121 | 467 | +12% | 1 in 705 |
| 2018 | =136 | 417 | +1% | 1 in 810 |
| 2017 | =140 | 413 | +1% | 1 in 843 |
| 2016 * | 142 | 407 | +3% | 1 in 875 |
| 2015 | 142 | 397 | +29% | 1 in 902 |
| 2014 | 181 | 308 | +166% | 1 in 1,158 |
| 2013 | 354 | 116 | +25% | 1 in 3,089 |
| 2012 | =425 | 93 | +82% | 1 in 4,025 |
| 2011 | =647 | 51 | +96% | 1 in 7,274 |
| 2010 | =1,055 | 26 | +30% | 1 in 14,267 |
| 2009 | =1,218 | 20 | +82% | 1 in 18,106 |
| 2008 | =1,828 | 11 | -8% | 1 in 32,995 |
| 2007 | =1,666 | 12 | +20% | 1 in 29,539 |
| 2006 | =1,744 | 10 | +233% | 1 in 34,241 |
| 2005 | =3,849 | 3 | +0% | 1 in 110,193 |
| 2004 | =3,651 | 3 | 1 in 109,442 | |
| 2003 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2002 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2001 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2000 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1999 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1998 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1997 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1996 | n/a | under 3 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate