How rare is the name Pavel?

8,699 people in the United States have the first name Pavel, about 1 in 34,720. It ranks #2,700 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

PAVEL

#2,700

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,699
About
1 in 34,720
This common or more
80.6%
Who bears it

Of the 8,699 people named Pavel, 84.3% reported their origin as White and 13.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Pavel peaked in 2008, when 83 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
83
In 2025*
37 ▼55%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,544 babies have been given the name since 1971. 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.

Pavel by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #4,742. The largest share of babies named Pavel, 54.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#15,12228
1980s#15,91341
1990s#6,662261
2000s#4,742599
2010s#6,298427
2020s#7,683188
Generation X 1965–802.1%
Millennials 1981–9612.7%
Generation Z 1997–1254.7%
2013 and later30.5%

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 Pavel

1 other first name also has 8,699 people.

#2,700 Norbert · 8,699

Either side of Pavel

#2,699 Tevin · 8,702#2,700 Norbert · 8,699#2,702 Alain · 8,688#2,703 Rosita · 8,679

Spelled almost the same

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

#38,893 Pabel · 196#42,918 Pavol · 166

Also a last name

As a last name, Pavel ranks #19,581 of 156,621, with 1,379 people. See Pavel as a last name

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