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Paz

#7,405 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Peace

Paz has been given to 847 babies in the U.S. since 1915. In 2025 it ranked #7,405 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 21 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 76% girls, 24% boys all-time.

Babies named Paz, 2025

1 in 221,000

Paz over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Paz over time

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

19152025

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.

Paz: meaning, origin, and history

Peace

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Paz means

Paz means “peace”, associated with paz.

Origin, language, and formation

Paz is used in Spanish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include María.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Paz is pronounced /ˈpaθ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 646 girls were recorded with the name Paz between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 21 in 2018; its best national rank was #2,460 in 1916.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,267 in 2020 to #7,405 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,328 in 2015 to #7,405 in 2025.

In the United States, 201 boys were recorded with the name Paz between 1915 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1930; its best national rank was #2,414 in 1930.

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 Paz?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 221,000
15 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 107,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#7,405
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
153,194 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Paz sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 153,194 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Paz. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Pazs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Paz was born before 2003 — so the typical Paz is around 22 today.

Median birth year
2003
About 22 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
22.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
51.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
466
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Choose a decade

2010s — 22.8% of all recorded uses (147).

Is Paz 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
−1,305
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,138
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+923
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.07×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
71.4%
Peak was 2018 (21)
Years since peak
7
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
38.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,460
1916

Where Paz is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Paz was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 378,462 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Paz has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Paz is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Paz was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 852,671 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 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. Paz has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Paz around the world

Where Paz 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
    2015–2015
    #4,736
    in 2015
  • France
    1939–2025
    #5,534
    in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Paz by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,405
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,138
Best rank ever
#2,460
1916
Peak year
2018
21 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
646
Count in 2025
15

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,414
1930
Peak year
1930
12 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
201
Count in 2025
Under 5

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Sibling names for Paz

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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