Is Pax a boy or girl name?

Pax is a boy’s name. Of the 1,098 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 4.9% were girls and 95.1% were boys.

Pax

Recorded 1974–2025 · United States

Pax was most popular in 2016, when 84 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,993 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,387, with 72 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,098 people named Pax.

Pax over time

Births per year. The dot marks Pax’s peak in 2016. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Pax a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Pax is a boy’s name — 4.9% of the 1,098 Americans given it were girls and 95.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 6% girls and 94% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Pax

Where Pax is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org