NameTides

Pascal

Pascal was the #3,583 boys' name in the US in 2025 (31 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales and #2,269 in Canada.

Pascal as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Pascal as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Pascal as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#3,583 (31)#3,256 (6)——#2,269 (8)
2024#2,750 (47)#2,922 (7)——#1,764 (11)
2023#2,848 (44)#3,524 (5)#395 (3)—#1,947 (9)
2022#3,533 (32)#3,450 (5)——#1,653 (11)
2021#3,121 (38)#3,451 (5)——#1,406 (14)
2020#3,418 (32)———#1,708 (10)
2019#3,716 (29)#2,266 (9)——#1,375 (14)
2018#3,891 (27)#3,412 (5)——#1,572 (11)
2017#3,312 (34)#2,512 (8)——#1,623 (11)
2016#3,161 (36)#4,023 (4)——#1,831 (9)
2015#3,299 (34)#3,004 (6)——#1,071 (19)
2014#4,538 (21)#3,895 (4)——#1,107 (18)
2013#3,497 (30)#2,403 (8)——#809 (29)
2012#3,807 (27)#2,458 (8)——#885 (25)
2011#3,994 (25)#3,300 (5)#375 (3)—#1,076 (19)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1910 at #822.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1889.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 56,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Pascal is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 46,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 29,000 to 1 in 71,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Pascal by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Pascal (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2178

Pascal (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PascalCanadaGirls—too few
PascalCanadaBoys#2,2698
PascalEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
PascalIrelandBoys—too few
PascalNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
PascalUSGirls—too few
PascalUSBoys#3,58331