Pa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Pa

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,338 babies named Pa between 1979 and 2006, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 103 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 710 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Pa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 511 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Pa in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,338 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.