Para

Peak · girls
1902 · 6 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
353
since 1902

Para over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Para has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,594, 1902girls
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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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1963#5,8916
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1959#5,0317
1958#4,8907
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1955#5,2086
1954#5,7535
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1951#4,0118
1950#5,3015
1949#4,2357
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1947#5,2955
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1945#3,3888
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1942#4,1246
1941#3,5597
1940#3,5037
1939#3,7826
1938#3,4507
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1936#3,7016
1935#3,4317
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1933#3,4067
1932#3,9016
1931#2,58111
1930#2,30614
1929#2,92110
1928#3,4368
1927#3,5618
1926#3,04610
1925#2,19117
1924#4,0027
1923#2,91711
1922#3,15210
1921#3,16410
1920#2,46314
1919#2,15616
1918#3,02410
1917#2,55212
1916#2,49812
1915#3,7956
1914#3,1886
1913#1,67013
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1911#1,9567
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1908#1,8626
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1906#1,7276
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1902#1,5946
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First appearance
1902

The first year at least five girls were named Para! It came in at #1,594, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1903–1905, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Para is popular in 2025

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

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Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1963
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1902
  • Peaked 1902 at #1,594 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 44,012
  • Highest: 1 in 44,012 girls born in 1902 were named Para (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,251 girls born in 1963 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 29.7% of all girls named Para (105) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s18#1,594 (1902)#1,728
1910s82#1,670 (1913)#2,605
1920s105#2,191 (1925)#3,085
1930s64#2,306 (1930)#3,320
1940s40#3,388 (1945)#4,017
1950s38#4,011 (1951)#5,032
1960s6#5,891 (1963)#5,891

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

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