Paz
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- PAHS
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Paz is a name of Spanish origin, meaning “peace”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Paz mean?
Spanish: Spanish paz, from Latin pax
“peace”
Taken from the Marian title Nuestra Senora de la Paz, 'Our Lady of Peace'.
Is Paz a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Paz has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US.
How popular is Paz in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Paz, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the girls named Paz in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Paz in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,268 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,463 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,368 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
Names like Paz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dulce, Palmer, Ximena, Lola, Solana, Luz, Marigold, Lucia, Sol, Lucero, Esme, Mar
More Spanish names
Santiago, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra, Paloma
Sources
Figures from 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, “Paz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/paz, updated 20 October 2026.