Para — girls' name

What the Data Says About Para

The Social Security Administration has registered 353 babies named Para between 1902 and 1963, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Para currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Para performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Para shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Para in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Para 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 353 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.