Papa

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Papa: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Papa: Recorded since 1997, it reached #1,746 in 2001, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1746highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
1998	#2419
2001	#1746
2002	#2254
2004	#3009
2005	#2754
2006	#2870
2007	#1756
2008	#2097
2009	#2544
2010	#2941
2012	#2721
2013	#2954
2014	#3895
2015	#3004
2016	#4023
2018	#3959
2019	#3937
2020	#2404
2022	#3449
2023	#2813
2024	#3688

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 22 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2859 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1746 among boys in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Papa by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Papa in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	53	8 of 10	7
2010s	41	8 of 10	5
2020s	25	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Papa appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1746 in England and Wales in 2001.

Papa's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,746, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11births registered in its largest year, 2007Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Paola · #2191, 28y
Paolo · #330, 31y
Paraic · #164, 49y
Param · #1758, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Avraham · #1746, 27y
Blaize · #1746, 22y
Saud · #1746, 25y
Tawheed · #1746, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Avraham · #1746, 27y
Blaize · #1746, 22y
Saud · #1746, 25y
Tawheed · #1746, 25y

Papa and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Papa without appearing here.

Papa moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2870 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #2544 and #4527.
Kerry Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3009 and #2578 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1756 and #3589.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2941 and #4678.

Moved ahead of Papa

Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Gunnar Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3004 and #3373 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4023 and #2556.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1746 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2254 and #848.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2728.

Moved the opposite way to Papa

Arlo Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Papa went from #1746 to #3688 while Arlo went from #1949 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Papa went from #1746 to #3688 while Harper went from #2587 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Papa went from #1746 to #3688 while Kasper went from #1949 to #529.
Leif Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Papa went from #1746 to #3688 while Leif went from #1746 to #814.

Moved the same way as Papa

Andrea Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Papa went from #2419 to #3688 and Andrea from #1263 to #1859.
Aria Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Papa went from #2419 to #3688 and Aria from #2419 to #4270.
Willow Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Papa went from #2419 to #3688 and Willow from #2901 to #4270.
Ole Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Papa went from #2419 to #3449 and Ole from #2901 to #4789.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1746 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Papa

Papa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Papa by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Papa appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Papa at a glance

Papa by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Papa appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Papa and the names beside it

Papa moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Papa

Moved the opposite way to Papa

Moved the same way as Papa