Boys' name · since 1914
Pope
Since 1914, U.S. Social Security records show 89 babies named Pope, peaking in 1918. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,182 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,233 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 89
- born since 1914
- 1910s
- peak decade
Pope currently ranks #7233 among boys' names in America, with 89 babies recorded since 1914.
Pope has 89 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7233 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of boys, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.
- #18,182 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,233 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 89 born since 1914
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pope ranks #18,182 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,233 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 89 born since 1914, peaking in the 1910s.
- #18,182 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,233 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 89
- born since 1914
- 1910s
- peak decade
Pope's 89 recorded births place it above 59.98% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
How Pope compares
89 24th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Pope's all-time total is 76% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Pope | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 89 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Pope's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Pope's full recorded timeline at 1927, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1918 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Pope popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (1918)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Pope by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (34 births, 38% of the file).
1910s was Pope's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Pope births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
34 births
- 1920s
1920s
23 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 34 births (38% of all-time use).
Pope by state
Where Pope concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 5.6% |
5 of 89 births nationwide.
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What to do with Pope's data
- Pope's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (34 total births) through the 2020s (16) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Georgia records the most Popes (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Pope: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~111 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Pope draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.