Throughout the world, パーカー (Parker 
, Parka 
, パーカー 
) is a common predominantly masculine, but very infrequently girly first name. The forename パーカー is habitual in the United States, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Cameroon, where it is quite a rare mostly masculine, but seldom female name, and Hong Kong, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in the United States, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Cameroon. More frequently, パーカー is the last name as well as the forename.
パーカー is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Hood , the Marvel character; Parker Luciani , the character in the Resident Evil Franchise, Resident Evil: Revelations; Parker Lee , character in Veronica Mars; Parker Pyne , the fictional human, The Regatta Mystery and Parker Scavo , the Desperate Housewives character, and in many other works.