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Pax

#2,074 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Peace

Pax has been given to 1,098 babies in the U.S. since 1974. In 2025 it ranked #2,074 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 80 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% boys, 5% girls all-time.

Babies named Pax, 2025

1 in 46,000

Pax over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Pax over time

In 2025, Pax went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19742025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Pax: meaning, origin, and history

Peace

Latin

What Pax means

Pax means “peace”.

Origin, language, and formation

Pax is used in English. Its origins include Latin.

Pax comes through Latin Pāx.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,044 boys were recorded with the name Pax between 1974 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 80 in 2024; its best national rank was #1,967 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,226 in 2020 to #2,074 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,160 in 2015 to #2,074 in 2025.

In the United States, 54 girls were recorded with the name Pax between 2014 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2016; its best national rank was #9,928 in 2016.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Pax?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 46,000
72 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 23,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,074
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
31,916 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Pax sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 31,916 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Pax. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Paxs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Pax was born before 2018 — so the typical Pax is around 7 today.

Median birth year
2018
About 7 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
53.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
98.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,044
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 53.4% of all recorded uses (557).

Is Pax rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−107
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+152
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+86
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.13×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
90.0%
Peak was 2024 (80)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,967
2024

Where Pax is used

Across 1910–2025, Pax was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 218,229 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 100,000
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4North Carolina1 in —
  5. 5New York1 in —
  6. 6Utah1 in —
  7. 7Washington1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Pax has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Pax around the world

Where Pax ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2015–2023
    #4,992
    in 2023
  • Canada
    2011–2022
    #1,611
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    1981–2009
    #473
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Pax by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,074
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 152
Best rank ever
#1,967
2024
Peak year
2024
80 that year
First recorded
1974
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,044
Count in 2025
72

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#9,928
2016
Peak year
2016
11 that year
First recorded
2014
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
54
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Pax

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Pax

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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