Pape — boys' name

What the Data Says About Pape

The Social Security Administration has registered 128 babies named Pape between 1998 and 2022, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pape currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pape performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Pape shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pape in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pape 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 128 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.