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 1995
Top girls' names in 1995
More about 1995
girls
1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 23,447 of them was named Pa, which outranked 88.2% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,850Oksana76
- #1,850Quincy76
- #1,850Zana76
- #1,863Pa75
- #1,863Alba75
- #1,863Arden75
- #1,863Charlee75
- #1,880Alishia74
- #1,880Angelita74
- #1,880Breyanna74
Tied with 16 names at #1,863; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.