Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Pax

Gender

Male

Origin

Latin
From the peaceful farm
Peace; a Roman goddess of mythology

Syllables

1

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #1964, 79 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2056, 72 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2016 (rank #9409, 11 births); most recent 2023 (rank #15178, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202572–
202479–
2023625
202262–
202172–
2020627
2019666
2018758
2017635
20167311

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 2022 (rank #2753, 7 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4985, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #5925, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025–3
2024––
20233–
20227–
2021––
2020––
2019––
2018––
20173–
2016––

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