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Pavel

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Pavel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 36 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
360.00% of boys
Peak year
200883 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1971
1,507people given the name
Babies named Pavel, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,507 boys have been named Pavel in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2008, with 83 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2000s alone account for 40%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Pavel
1970s28
1980s41
1990s261
2000s599
2010s427
2020s151

In 2008, its biggest year

Pavel was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2008 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2008.

Names that rose and fell with Pavel

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.