Pax
Masculine · “peace”
Pax is given to both — 1,044 boys and 54 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Pax is peace in Latin, and the root behind it means to fasten — a peace was a thing you pinned down, like a treaty or a peg.
How old is the name Pax?
Pax first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Pax is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,000 people named Pax are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Pax most popular?
Pax peaked in 2024, reaching #1957 nationally. Today it ranks #2056, 99 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
From pax to Pax
The story of Pax
Pax was a Roman goddess with her own altar, and the Pax Romana names two centuries of imperial stability. In the medieval Mass the pax was a tablet passed for the kiss of peace. The name entered American given-name use in the 2000s and appears in the registers in current use.
Meaning
peace
From the Latin pax, 'peace', from a root meaning 'to fasten' or 'fix' — the same root gives pact, pact-making and, through a different line, 'pay'. Peace was originally the agreement that fixed things, not the absence of war. The etymology is documented.
How the name formed
- pax
- Pax
Related forms: Pax · Paz · Pace
Pronouncing Pax
PAKS
One syllable. Latin says it the same way.
Nicknames for Pax
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1974
- Most boys named
- 202480 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1957reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −10.0%72 in 2025, from 80
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Pax in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Pax in Latin — same name
- Paz in Spanish — related form
- Pace in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Paxs among us
people named Pax are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 23,723 born in 2025 was named Pax
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Drue test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Pax's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Drue climbed just as high around 1963, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Drue's path sketches the road Pax is walking now.
Pax sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Pax is headed
Pax should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Pax beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Pax in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That peace and pact share a root meaning 'to fasten' is a first-rate etymology.
- The meaning is transparent and about as good as meanings get.
- One syllable, sharp, and never mispronounced.
- It is very short and can be swallowed by a long surname.
- It reads as a word rather than a traditional name.
- Paxton is the commoner registered form.
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Masculine · #2056 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Paxs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Pax are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Pax in 2025?
- Pax ranks #2056 among US boy names in 2025, with 72 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Pax?
- About 1 in every 23,723 US boys born in 2025 was named Pax — 72 in all.
- Will my child share the name Pax with classmates?
- Pax will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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