Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Pavel

Gender

Male

Origin

Latin
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Alternate Spellings and Variants of Pavel

Pronunciation

p(a)-vel

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2008 (rank #1799, 82 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3181, 37 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202537
202436
202332
202231
202125
202027
201935
201840
201741
201640

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #1193, 22 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1704, 15 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202515
202412
202320
202215
202113
202022
201917
201816
201712
201621

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #755, 58 births); most recent 2023 (rank #834, 47 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202347
202251
202158
202035
201942
201835
201734
201644
201538
201439

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2009 (rank #429, 7 births); most recent 2024 (rank #628, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
20244
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20194
2018–
20173
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2010 (rank #509, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence