Pater — boys' name

What the Data Says About Pater

The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Pater between 1987 and 2010, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pater currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pater performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Pater shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pater in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pater 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 17 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.