Parsa
Masculine · “Persian”
Parsa is the old Persian name for Persia itself — and in modern Persian the same word means devout.
How old is the name Parsa?
Parsa first appears in US birth records in 1988 — 37 years ago. The typical Parsa alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 700 people named Parsa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Parsa most popular?
Parsa peaked in 2003, reaching #2674 nationally. Today it ranks #4707, 2,033 places below that high. See the whole 2003 chart.
Where it comes from
From Parsa to Parsa
The story of Parsa
Persepolis was called Parsa by the people who built it — the Greek name means city of the Persians and is a translation. Arabic has no p, so when Arabic became the administrative language the name shifted to Fars, which is why the language is Farsi and the province is Fars. The word traveled into Persian's own vocabulary meaning devout, and both senses are alive.
Meaning
Persian; pious, devout
Old Persian Parsa named the region and its people, giving Greek Persis and English Persia; the modern Persian parsa means abstinent or pious. Fars province and the Farsi language carry the same word with an Arabic sound shift.
How the name formed
- Parsa
- Persis
- Fars
Related forms: پارسا · Persia
Pronouncing Parsa
par-SAH
Two syllables with the stress on the second. Americans often say PAR-sah.
Nicknames for Parsa
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1988
- Most boys named
- 200337 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2674reached in 2003
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%21 in 2025, from 21
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Parsa in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- پارسا in Persian — transliteration
- Persia in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Parsas among us
people named Parsa are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 81,337 born in 2025 was named Parsa
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Ladale test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Parsa's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ladale climbed just as high around 1974, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ladale's path sketches the road Parsa is walking now.
Parsa sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Parsa beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Parsa in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning naming an entire civilization and a personal virtue at once.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Well used in Iran, so it has a real community behind it.
- The stress moves to the front in American mouths.
- It is unfamiliar outside Iranian communities in America.
- It is close to Parisa, a separate and common women's name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Parsas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Parsa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Parsa in 2025?
- Parsa ranks #4707 among US boy names in 2025, with 21 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Parsa?
- About 1 in every 81,337 US boys born in 2025 was named Parsa — 21 in all.
- Will my child share the name Parsa with classmates?
- Parsa will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Parsa
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