Recorded 1889–2025 · United States
Pascal was most popular in 2024, when 47 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,890 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,732, with 31 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,561 people named Pascal.
Pascal first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1889, which makes it about 136 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 124 of the 137 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,561 American births named Pascal between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,748 are estimated to be alive today.
31 American babies were named Pascal in 2025, ranking #7,732 that year.
Pascal is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 38 births a year, against 27 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +40% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Pascal is a boy’s name — 0.4% of the 2,561 Americans given it were girls and 99.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 1,748 Americans named Pascal are alive today — 68% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 31 years old, and half are between 14 and 50. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org