Philopater — #13251 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Philopater

The Social Security Administration has registered 165 babies named Philopater between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Philopater currently holds the #13251 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Philopater performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Philopater shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Philopater in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Philopater 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 165 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.