Pax
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,056 for boys
Pax is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,056th for boys in the US (72 babies).
What does Pax mean?
Latin
A female given name from Latin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Pax a girl's or a boy's name?
Pax is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 72 boys in the US.
How popular is Pax in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 7 boys. 3 girls were also named Pax in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
Pax in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
How popular is Pax in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,056among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 72about 1 in 24,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 72 boys in the US were named Pax, making it the 2,056th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,212th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 80 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the boys named Pax in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pax in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #2,056 |
| 2024 | 80 | #1,957 |
| 2023 | 62 | #2,276 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,298 |
| 2021 | 72 | #2,039 |
| 2020 | 62 | #2,212 |
| 2019 | 66 | #2,149 |
| 2018 | 75 | #1,958 |
| 2017 | 63 | #2,153 |
| 2016 | 73 | #1,975 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,145 |
| 2014 | 51 | #2,459 |
| 2013 | 47 | #2,560 |
| 2012 | 47 | #2,593 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,045 |
| 2010 | 34 | #3,238 |
| 2009 | 41 | #2,893 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
Names like Pax
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jax Albie Rome Remy Max Theo Enzo Atlas Luca Hudson Jude Arlo
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Nova Lucy Julian Clara
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Pax: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pax, updated 20 October 2026.