Papa Popularity by Year
Follow Papa across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Papa birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 5 | #12,008 | Down 4,751 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 11 | #7,257 | Up 998 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 9 | #8,255 | Up 1,459 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 7 | #9,714 | Down 3,011 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 12 | #6,703 | Up 1,437 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 9 | #8,140 | Down 1,414 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 12 | #6,726 | Up 340 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 11 | #7,066 | Up 2,576 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 7 | #9,642 | Down 2,105 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 10 | #7,537 | Up 2,172 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 7 | #9,709 | Down 109 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 7 | #9,600 | Down 2,009 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 10 | #7,591 | Down 355 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 11 | #7,236 | Up 1,088 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 9 | #8,324 | Down 1,702 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 12 | #6,622 | Down 162 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 12 | #6,460 | Up 174 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 11 | #6,634 | Down 1,142 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 14 | #5,492 | Down 221 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 14 | #5,271 | Up 1,251 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 10 | #6,522 | Up 413 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 9 | #6,935 | Down 96 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 9 | #6,839 | Up 1,640 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 6 | #8,479 | Down 508 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 6 | #7,971 | Down 2,470 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 10 | #5,501 | Up 1,467 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 7 | #6,968 | Up 670 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 6 | #7,638 | — |