Pesach
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- PAY-sahkh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Pesach is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “Passover, passing over”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Pesach mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew name of the Passover festival
“Passover, passing over”
The Hebrew name of Passover, traditionally given to Jewish boys born around the festival.
Is Pesach a girl's or a boy's name?
Pesach is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pesach in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Pesach, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Pesach in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pesach in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
Names like Pesach
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Thiago, Ezra, Axel, Luca, Ares, Noah, Aziel, Azriel, Judah, Josiah, Zion, Boaz
More Hebrew names
Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
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, “Pesach: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pesach, updated 20 October 2026.