Pa
Pa is a masculine given name, a nickname and a surname. It may refer to:Edwin "Pa" Watson (1883–1945), United States Army major general, friend and a senior aide to President Franklin D.
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Meaning & Origin of Pa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Pa is a masculine given name, a nickname and a surname. It may refer to:Edwin "Pa" Watson (1883–1945), United States Army major general, friend and a senior aide to President Franklin D.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Pa
American parents first put Pa on the record books as a baby girl name in 1979, with 10 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1992, when 103 Pas were born — ranking #1,523 that year. About 53% of every Pa on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Pa last appeared in the published SSA data in 2006, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Pa
Pa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Pa's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #1,523. Use the chart and map above to compare Pa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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