Parnell is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1960s and has all but disappeared.
Parnell is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2017. Parnell was first reported in SSA data in 1912 and peaked in 1963 (39 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,472 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,679 |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,764 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,801 |
| 2008 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,186 |
| 2006 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,563 |
| 2005 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,132 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,972 |
| 2003 | 9 | 9 | — | #7,678 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,997 |
| 2001 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,202 |
| 1998 | 8 | 8 | — | #7,356 |
| 1997 | 9 | — | — | #6,482 |
| 1996 | 9 | — | — | #6,362 |
| 1995 | 9 | — | — | #6,273 |
| 1994 | 16 | — | — | #4,040 |
| 1993 | 13 | — | — | #4,627 |
| 1992 | 15 | — | — | #4,050 |
| 1991 | 14 | — | — | #4,169 |
| 1990 | 18 | — | — | #3,424 |
| 1989 | 19 | — | — | #3,177 |
| 1988 | 23 | — | — | #2,572 |
| 1987 | 24 | — | — | #2,379 |
| 1986 | 16 | — | — | #3,094 |
| 1985 | 13 | — | — | #3,546 |
| 1984 | 19 | — | — | #2,598 |
| 1983 | 16 | — | — | #2,880 |
| 1982 | 17 | — | — | #2,793 |
| 1981 | 11 | — | — | #3,792 |
| 1980 | 8 | — | — | #4,831 |
| 1979 | 14 | — | — | #3,122 |
| 1978 | 15 | — | — | #2,890 |
| 1977 | 10 | — | — | #3,775 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | — | #4,304 |
| 1975 | 15 | — | — | #2,722 |
| 1974 | 23 | — | — | #1,965 |
| 1973 | 19 | — | — | #2,190 |
| 1972 | 18 | — | — | #2,222 |
| 1971 | 19 | — | — | #2,188 |
| 1970 | 15 | — | — | #2,476 |
| 1969 | 18 | — | — | #2,031 |
| 1968 | 19 | — | — | #1,883 |
| 1967 | 25 | — | — | #1,563 |
| 1966 | 21 | — | — | #1,712 |
| 1965 | 32 | — | — | #1,374 |
| 1964 | 38 | — | — | #1,281 |
| 1963 | 39 | — | — | #1,250 |
| 1962 | 33 | — | — | #1,383 |
| 1961 | 23 | — | — | #1,724 |
| 1960 | 14 | — | — | #2,288 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | — | #3,219 |
| 1958 | 19 | — | — | #1,879 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | — | #2,964 |
| 1956 | 19 | — | — | #1,875 |
| 1955 | 14 | — | — | #2,201 |
| 1954 | 16 | — | — | #2,026 |
| 1953 | 18 | — | — | #1,876 |
| 1952 | 10 | — | — | #2,635 |
| 1951 | 10 | — | — | #2,619 |
| 1950 | 22 | — | — | #1,603 |
| 1949 | 23 | — | #5,104 | #1,863 |
| 1948 | 19 | — | #5,825 | #2,093 |
| 1947 | 15 | — | — | #2,050 |
| 1946 | 7 | — | — | #3,106 |
| 1945 | 11 | — | — | #2,214 |
| 1944 | 15 | — | — | #1,862 |
| 1943 | 11 | — | — | #2,370 |
| 1942 | 9 | — | — | #2,666 |
| 1941 | 8 | — | — | #2,827 |
| 1940 | 13 | — | — | #2,060 |
| 1939 | 13 | — | — | #2,028 |
| 1938 | 14 | — | — | #1,957 |
| 1937 | 10 | — | — | #2,438 |
| 1936 | 14 | — | — | #1,945 |
| 1935 | 11 | — | #4,749 | #3,559 |
| 1934 | 15 | — | #4,816 | #2,520 |
| 1933 | 18 | — | — | #1,690 |
| 1932 | 12 | — | — | #2,286 |
| 1931 | 17 | — | — | #1,821 |
| 1930 | 25 | — | — | #1,489 |
| 1929 | 17 | — | — | #1,909 |
| 1928 | 19 | — | — | #1,809 |
| 1927 | 27 | — | #4,689 | #1,737 |
| 1926 | 15 | — | #5,459 | #2,860 |
| 1925 | 20 | — | #4,837 | #2,291 |
| 1924 | 10 | — | — | #2,969 |
| 1923 | 16 | — | — | #2,098 |
| 1922 | 15 | — | #5,618 | #2,952 |
| 1921 | 22 | — | — | #1,693 |
| 1920 | 19 | — | — | #1,867 |
| 1919 | 20 | — | #4,164 | #2,354 |
| 1918 | 10 | — | — | #2,838 |
| 1917 | 29 | — | #4,005 | #1,571 |
| 1916 | 12 | — | — | #2,366 |
| 1915 | 12 | — | — | #2,268 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | — | #3,623 |
| 1913 | 9 | — | — | #2,054 |
| 1912 | 8 | — | — | #2,011 |