Papa — #7429 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Papa

The Social Security Administration has registered 258 babies named Papa between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Papa currently holds the #7429 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Papa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Papa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Papa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Papa 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 258 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.