Par — girls' name
15 babies named Par in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Par was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Par in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Par
The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Par between 2010 and 2016, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Par currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Par performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Par in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Par 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 15 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.
Par at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Par popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2010
- Peak year (2010)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
15 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 5 births in a single year.
Par by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 15 births that decade — 100% of Par's all-time total
Par decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Par's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Par by state
Where Par concentrates geographically — total births since 2010
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 33.3% |
5 of 15 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 33.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 33.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2010–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.