Pape

Peak · boys
2001 · 13 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
128
since 1998

Pape over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Pape has never cracked the top 5,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #5,390, 2001boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2019#9,7567
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2000#6,8399
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First appearance
1998

The first year at least five boys were named Pape! It came in at #8,479, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1999, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Pape is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Pape in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Pape
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1998
  • Peaked 2001 at #5,390 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 2009, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 149,452
  • Highest: 1 in 149,452 boys born in 2001 were named Pape (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,202 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 69.5% of all boys named Pape (89) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s6#8,479 (1998)#8,479
2000s89#5,390 (2001)#7,203
2010s28#8,079 (2011)#9,835
2020s5#12,330 (2022)#12,330

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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