Pius
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- PY-us
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Pius is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “dutiful, devout”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Pius mean?
Latin: Latin word name
“dutiful, devout”
Latin for 'dutiful, devout', the name taken by twelve popes, from Pius I to Pius XII.
Is Pius a girl's or a boy's name?
Pius is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pius in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Pius, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1927, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1911.
Half of all the boys named Pius in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pius in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,522 |
| 1927 | 19 | #1,796 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,088 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,229 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,142 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,151 |
| 1920 | 17 | #1,965 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
Names like Pius
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Julius Leo August Ellis Francis Felix Augustus Oliver Lucius Henry Ignatius Emmett
More Latin names
Olivia Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian Clara Anthony
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, “Pius: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pius, updated 20 October 2026.