Pascal

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Pascal: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Pascal: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 11 years, its highest recorded position is #116, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
50times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#116highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Pascal's record

Absent from every published list for 11 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1104
1997	#809
1998	#1367
1999	#1383
2000	#3036
2001	#1595
2002	#1799
2003	#1410
2004	#2304
2005	#1617
2006	#1545
2007	#1885
2008	#1953
2009	#1859
2010	#2941
2011	#3300
2012	#2458
2013	#2403
2014	#3895
2015	#3004
2016	#4023
2017	#2512
2018	#3412
2019	#2266
2021	#3451
2022	#3449
2023	#3523
2024	#2921

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 19 of the 47 years from 1964 to 2010.

In 2023: #395 among boys in Northern Ireland, #3523 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #116 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2010
Highest recorded position: #116 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2010).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Pascal appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 28 ranked years and 223 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1964.

Pascal across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Pascal's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#116 (1964)	#116 (1964)	#720 (2010)	19 of 47	150 (1964–2010)	19 (1964)
England and Wales · Boys	#1104 (1996)	#809 (1997)	#2921 (2024)	28 of 29	223 (1996–2024)	19 (1997)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#341 (2006)	#341 (2006)	#395 (2023)	3 of 18	9 (2006–2023)	3 (2006)

Pascal by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Pascal in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	49	4 of 10	12
2000sbusiest	89	10 of 10	9
2010s	63	10 of 10	6
2020s	22	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Pascal appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #116 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Pascal's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1885	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1545	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1617	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1410	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1595	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1367	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#809	19	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1104	12	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#395	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#341	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#260	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	7	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#255	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	7	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	6	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#238	7	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#204	9	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#206	8	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	12	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#161	12	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	8	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#154	11	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#124	17	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#116	19	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 46 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #116, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 11 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 42 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Parsa · #1469, 24y
Parth · #1190, 29y
Paschal · #119, 20y
Pasha · #1609, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Siofra · #116, 48y
Colum · #115, 49y
Jonatan · #119, 44y
Meghan · #119, 41y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Fidelma · #116, 31y
Fionnuala · #116, 60y
Colum · #115, 49y
Eanna · #115, 57y

Pascal was ranked #116 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Pascal and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Pascal without appearing here.

Pascal moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3451 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Pascal

Leif Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2403 and #2954 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #1935.
Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1859 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2941 and #1201.
Cooper Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1383 and #1850 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #1425.
Gunnar Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2266 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #1860.

Moved the opposite way to Pascal

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pascal went from #116 to #720 while Alexander went from #116 to #51.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pascal went from #116 to #720 while Benjamin went from #139 to #65.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pascal went from #116 to #720 while Conor went from #56 to #5.
Daniel Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pascal went from #116 to #720 while Daniel went from #19 to #3.

Moved the same way as Pascal

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pascal went from #116 to #720 and Adrian from #65 to #110.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pascal went from #116 to #720 and Alfred from #134 to #400.
Arthur Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pascal went from #116 to #720 and Arthur from #98 to #178.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pascal went from #116 to #720 and Denis from #21 to #178.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #116 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Pascal

Pascal at a glance

What stands out in Pascal's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Pascal across 3 official records

Pascal by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Pascal appears in

Popularity data

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Pascal at a glance

What stands out in Pascal's record

Pascal across 3 official records

Pascal by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Pascal appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Pascal

Pascal and the names beside it

Pascal moved ahead of

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