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Popularity of the baby name Parker


Posts that mention the name Parker

Popular baby names in Wyoming, 2011

Flag of Wyoming
Flag of Wyoming

While we bide our time waiting for the SSA to release the top names of 2011, let’s take a peek at Wyoming.

A total of 7,336 babies were born in Wyoming last year. The most popular baby names were these:

Girl NamesBoy Names
1. Emma
2. Olivia
3. Sophia
4. Addison
5. Isabella
6. Madison		1. William
2. Jacob
3. Jackson
4. Parker
5. Mason
6. Liam

The Wyoming Department of Health released these numbers a couple of days ago.

Source: DeGood, Rylee. “Wyoming Moms Go ‘Old Fashioned’ with Naming.” CBS 5 10 May 2012.

Image: Adapted from Flag of Wyoming (public domain)

Twin boys in San Antonio named for Spurs players

Jon Paul and Crystal Dennison are big fans of the San Antonio Spurs. In fact, the couple met while they were waiting tables at the AT&T Center (where the Spurs play).

They welcomed identical twin boys late last month, and, of course, the names they chose had a Spurs connection.

Twins Duncan and Parker Dennison were named after Spurs stars Tim Duncan and Tony Parker.

“It kind of started off as a joke,” the proud father explained. “We said it at lunch one day and everybody laughed. And then we got to thinking that we really actually liked the names a whole lot. They’re really cool names.”

The article also noted that Duncan and Parker “weighed in at close to five pounds each and, appropriately, Duncan is a little taller.”

Source: Rigby, Wendy. “Duncan and Parker: Tiny Spurs fans named for Tim and Tony.” KENS 5 29 Feb. 2012.

Baby name story: Parker

This has to be the shortest baby name-related news article I’ve ever seen:

Shelbyville, Ind., July 10. – Four hours after the nomination of Judge Parker, Mrs. August Herms gave birth to a promising boy and named him Parker.

Yup, that’s the whole thing. (Much shorter than this 3-sentence one.)

It’s a 1904 article from the New York Times. “Judge Parker” refers to Alton Parker, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, who had just become a presidential nominee at the 1904 Democratic National Convention (July 6-9) in St. Louis.

Other babies were also named for Parker after the nomination was announced. In fact, a Baltimore newspaper stated that “the first baby born in this precinct and named after Judge Parker will receive a present from the [Third Precinct Democratic Organization].”

Unfortunately for all these baby Parkers, though, the Judge was soundly defeated by Republican incumbent Theodore Roosevelt come November.

Sources:

  • “Democrats Raise Flag.” Sun [Baltimore] 22 Jul. 1904: 12.
  • “First Baby Named After Parker.” New York Times 11 Jul. 1904: 5.