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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Pa

Pa was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked 1529th with 103 babies. More babies were named Pa in the 1990s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1992103 babies
Total since 1880
1,343babies recorded

Pa popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1990.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#5,27022
1990#1,64191
1980#2,92431
1970——
1960——
1950——
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1920——
1910——
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1880——

How popular is Pa, counting every spelling?

Pa has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Pa?

About 1,300 people born in the US named Pa are alive today, with a median age of 35; half are between 32 and 39. That makes Pa mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Pa by state

How common Pa was among girls born in each state in 1990–1994, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Wisconsin (16.7×), Minnesota (13.4×), California (3.4×). In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.84 per 1,000 babiesWI0.84Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.68 per 1,000 babiesMN0.68Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesMI0.02New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesCA0.17Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Pa, girls, 1990–1994. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Pa: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Pa, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Pa

How popular is the name Pa?

Pa was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked 1529th with 103 babies. More babies were named Pa in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Pa a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,338 girls and 5 boys.

Where was Pa most popular?

In 1990–1994, Pa was most common in Wisconsin (0.84 per 1,000 girls), followed by Minnesota and California.