Pascal
Pascal is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 47 births. Its best rank was 851st, in 1910.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 470.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202447 births
- Best rank
- #851in 1910
- Since 1889
- 2,519people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,519 boys have been named Pascal in the United States since 1889, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 47 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1978, and the 2010s alone account for 12%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Pascal | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | |
| 1890s | 23 | |
| 1900s | 18 | |
| 1910s | 198 | |
| 1920s | 221 | |
| 1930s | 175 | |
| 1940s | 138 | |
| 1950s | 167 | |
| 1960s | 155 | |
| 1970s | 187 | |
| 1980s | 210 | |
| 1990s | 278 | |
| 2000s | 259 | |
| 2010s | 291 | |
| 2020s | 193 |
In 2024, its biggest year
Pascal was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Pascal
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Benedictpeak 2024
- Caesarpeak 2015
- Angelopeak 2007
- Malcolmpeak 1992
- Brunopeak 2022
- Amonpeak 2023
- Donatopeak 1926
- Ruebenpeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.