Pax
Pax was the 2074th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 72 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1967th with 80 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 86 places. More babies were named Pax in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,074 boys, up 152 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 72boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202480 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,098babies recorded
Pax popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 54 since 2014.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,074 | 72 |
| 2020 | #2,226 | 62 |
| 2010 | #3,289 | 34 |
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How popular is Pax, counting every spelling?
Pax has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Pax?
72 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Pax (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Pax born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 116 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Pax.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Pax?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Pax are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 4 and 12. That makes Pax a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Pax by state
How common Pax was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 44 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Pax: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Pax, they share its era and feel.
Pax is also a nickname for Paxton.
Questions about the name Pax
How popular is the name Pax?
Pax was the 2074th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 72 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1967th with 80 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 86 places. More babies were named Pax in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Pax a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Pax in the US.
Where is Pax most popular?
In 2021–2025, Pax was most common in Utah (0.05 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and Texas.