Papa
5
Babies in 2024
+25%
10-year change
2007
Peak · 11
-29%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Papa
Papa peaked among UK boys' names in the late 2000s (11 babies in 2007) and has remained in active use — 5 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Papa reached its peak in 2007, when 11 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,756 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 5 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 22 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 126 boys have been officially registered with the name Papa in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 47 boys were registered with the name, starting from 4 in 2014 and ending at 5 in 2024.