Names / Boy names
Pax
Current rank
#2,074
holding steady
All-time peak
#1,967
in 2024
First recorded
1974
in U.S. data
Children named
1,000
since 1974
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #1,967 in 2024 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Pax first shows up in American naming records in 1974, where it reads as a boys' name. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Only about 1,000 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.