Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Pavel

#3,673 most common boys' name of all time · #8,951 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1971–2025

Rank among boys
#3,673
Rank overall
#8,951 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
1,544
Since 2016
344
Peak year
2008 #1,798
Best rank
#1,798 2008
Girls Boys peak 83/yr
198020002020

Pavel first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 37 37 #3,203
2024 — 36 36 #3,308
2023 — 32 32 #3,594
2022 — 31 31 #3,652
2021 — 25 25 #4,175
2020 — 27 27 #3,846
2019 — 35 35 #3,291
2018 — 40 40 #2,960
2017 — 41 41 #2,913
2016 — 40 40 #2,958
2015 — 34 34 #3,326
2014 — 48 48 #2,564
2013 — 45 45 #2,648
2012 — 54 54 #2,370
2011 — 43 43 #2,774
2010 — 47 47 #2,603
2009 — 71 71 #1,983
2008 — 83 83 #1,798
2007 — 74 74 #1,918
2006 — 62 62 #2,113
2005 — 59 59 #2,099
2004 — 63 63 #1,944
2003 — 53 53 #2,118
2002 — 45 45 #2,316
2001 — 41 41 #2,412
2000 — 48 48 #2,121
1999 — 40 40 #2,287
1998 — 37 37 #2,373
1997 — 24 24 #3,119
1996 — 34 34 #2,361
1995 — 31 31 #2,484
1994 — 31 31 #2,486
1993 — 24 24 #2,914
1992 — 21 21 #3,179
1991 — 9 9 #5,725
1990 — 10 10 #5,196
1989 — 8 8 #5,958
1988 — 10 10 #4,645
1983 — 5 5 #6,826
1982 — 7 7 #5,389
1981 — 6 6 #5,954
1980 — 5 5 #6,840
1979 — 6 6 #5,797
1978 — 6 6 #5,525
1977 — 5 5 #6,474
1972 — 6 6 #4,908
1971 — 5 5 #5,611