Pax
#4,530 most common boys' name of all time · #11,143 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1974–2025
Rank among boys
#4,530
Rank overall
#11,143 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
21 of 146
All-time
1,098
Since 2016
729
Peak year
2016 #1,981
Best rank
#1,966 2024
Girls
Boys
peak 84/yr
Pax first appears in 1974. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 72 | 72 | #2,068 |
| 2024 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,966 |
| 2023 | 5 | 62 | 67 | #2,285 |
| 2022 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,310 |
| 2021 | — | 72 | 72 | #2,049 |
| 2020 | 7 | 62 | 69 | #2,222 |
| 2019 | 6 | 66 | 72 | #2,164 |
| 2018 | 8 | 75 | 83 | #1,970 |
| 2017 | 5 | 63 | 68 | #2,163 |
| 2016 | 11 | 73 | 84 | #1,981 |
| 2015 | 7 | 64 | 71 | #2,159 |
| 2014 | 5 | 51 | 56 | #2,479 |
| 2013 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,579 |
| 2012 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,614 |
| 2011 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,082 |
| 2010 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2009 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,920 |
| 2008 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,883 |
| 2007 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,415 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,099 |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,622 |