Pope — #12430 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Pope

The Social Security Administration has registered 78 babies named Pope between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pope currently holds the #12430 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pope performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Pope 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 Pope in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pope 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 78 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.