Pa
Last seen for girls in 2006 at #17,168 · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1992 · 103 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,338since 1979
Pa over time
Rank among girls' names. Pa has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | — | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | — | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,822 | 19 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,151 | 22 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,088 | 28 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,353 | 36 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,556 | 50 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,314 | 57 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,863 | 75 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,675 | 89 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,741 | 85 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,523 | 103 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,584 | 96 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,634 | 91 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #1,564 | 90 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,757 | 72 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,962 | 57 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,838 | 61 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,317 | 43 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,905 | 55 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,047 | 49 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,288 | 43 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,657 | 34 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,866 | 31 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Pa! It came in at #6,189, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2006–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Pa
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
- Debuted 1979
- Peaked 1992 at #1,523 (103 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 17,902 girls born in 1992 were named Pa (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 380,242 girls born in 2006 (0.00%)
- 53.1% of all girls named Pa (710) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10 | #6,189 (1979) | #6,189 |
| 1980s | 535 | #1,564 (1989) | #2,120 |
| 1990s | 710 | #1,523 (1992) | #2,233 |
| 2000s | 83 | #5,151 (2000) | #10,149 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Pa in 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
Top boys' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 20,863 of them was named Pa, which outranked 89.3% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,617Sky92
- #1,617Thelma92
- #1,617Tory92
- #1,634Pa91
- #1,634Aundrea91
- #1,634Chyna91
- #1,634Danisha91
- #1,644Aria90
- #1,644Azucena90
- #1,644Brittini90
Tied with 9 names at #1,634; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 410,808 of them was named Pa, which outranked 14.5% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,376 names at #8,117; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.