Parnell

Boy · recorded 1912–2017

  • 2017last recorded
  • 1917best year

Most popular in 1917.

Last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

0122419121938196519912017

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 98 recorded years as a table
Parnell, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191219
191318
19148
191514
191613
191724
191810
191913
192018
192120
19229
192315
19249
192513
19269
192719
192817
192916
193023
193116
193211
193318
193410
19356
193613
19379
193813
193912
194011
19417
19427
19438
194411
19458
19464
19478
19488
194910
195012
19515
19525
19539
19548
19557
19569
19574
19589
19594
19607
196111
196216
196319
196419
196517
196612
196714
196811
196910
19708
197111
197211
197312
197415
197510
19765
19776
19789
19798
19804
19816
19829
19839
198411
19857
19869
198713
198812
19899
19909
19917
19928
19937
19948
19955
19965
19975
19984
20013
20023
20035
20043
20055
20064
20083
20113
20143
20163
20174

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Parnell isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2017
8
Rank in 2017
#8,840
How rare
1 in 231,369 boys
Since 1912
1,422

Parnell was last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1917, at 24 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Parnell doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.