How rare is the name Pascal?

3,603 people in the United States have the first name Pascal, about 1 in 83,828. It ranks #4,937 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

PASCAL

#4,937

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,603
About
1 in 83,828
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,603 people named Pascal, 54.2% reported their origin as White, 29.5% as Black and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 95.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Pascal peaked in 2024, when 47 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18892025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
47
In 2025*
31 ▼34%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,561 babies have been given the name since 1889. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Pascal by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #2,670. The largest share of babies named Pascal, 17%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#2,9576
1890s#2,80223
1900s#3,69518
1910s#2,670198
1920s#3,268221
1930s#3,373175
1940s#4,213138
1950s#4,370167
1960s#5,048155
1970s#5,590187
1980s#6,043216
1990s#6,283283
2000s#8,393259
2010s#8,181291
2020s#6,858224
Before 19011.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–2715.7%
Silent Generation 1928–4511.2%
Baby boom 1946–6411.7%
Generation X 1965–8010.9%
Millennials 1981–9615.9%
Generation Z 1997–1216.2%
2013 and later17%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Pascal

1 other first name also has 3,603 people.

#4,937 Jacie · 3,603

Either side of Pascal

#4,934 Xenia · 3,606#4,937 Jacie · 3,603#4,939 Gracyn · 3,602#4,939 Tasia · 3,602

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Pascal, most common first.

#3,128 Pascual · 7,008#9,143 Pascale · 1,542#20,056 Paschal · 519

Also a last name

As a last name, Pascal ranks #9,639 of 156,621, with 3,222 people. See Pascal as a last name

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