Pawel

maleStatistical record

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

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

Pawel: Recorded since 1955, it reached #54 in 1979, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
84times a registrar ranked it
70years from first to last
#54highest recorded position
24groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2005–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#2174
2006	#1401
2007	#952
2008	#789
2009	#617
2010	#792
2011	#701
2012	#901
2013	#1247
2014	#1061
2015	#1024
2016	#994
2017	#1146
2018	#1382
2019	#1655
2020	#2960
2021	#2730
2022	#3449
2023	#4107
2024	#4270

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 Norway in 49 of the 55 years from 1955 to 2009.

In 2018: #749 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1382 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1955–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1955
First recorded at #432 among boys in Norway in 1955 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1955–2009
Highest recorded position: #54 among boys in Norway, in 1979 (recorded 1955–2009).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Pawel appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 49 years beginning in 1955, and has registered 2,378 births with the name.

Pawel across 4 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.

Pawel'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
Norway · Boys	#432 (1955)	#54 (1979)	#495 (2009)	49 of 55	2,378 (1955–2009)	150 (1979)
England and Wales · Boys	#2174 (2005)	#617 (2009)	#4270 (2024)	20 of 20	435 (2005–2024)	52 (2009)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#493 (2006)	#251 (2009)	#749 (2018)	13 of 13	115 (2006–2018)	20 (2009)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#378 (2008)	#346 (2012)	#346 (2012)	2 of 5	7 (2008–2012)	4 (2012)

Pawel by decade in Norway · 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 Pawel in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	4	1 of 10	4
1960s	140	9 of 10	16
1970s	761	10 of 10	76
1980sbusiest	1,116	10 of 10	112
1990s	293	10 of 10	29
2000s	64	9 of 10	7

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 112 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1978 and 1979, when recorded births rose by 54, from 96 to 150.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Pawel 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 4 regions, from 1955 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #54 in Norway in 1979.

Pawel'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	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1655	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1382	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1146	24	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#994	29	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1024	28	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1061	26	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1247	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#901	33	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#701	45	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#792	37	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#617	52	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#789	36	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#952	26	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1401	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#495	6	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#564	4	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#519	5	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#351	10	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#422	7	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#384	9	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#495	5	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#516	5	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#315	13	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#341	11	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#379	9	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#372	10	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#271	17	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#234	23	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#274	18	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#162	41	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#142	49	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#140	52	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#118	63	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#132	57	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#105	80	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#74	105	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#72	103	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#61	118	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#57	132	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#62	129	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#62	132	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#63	121	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#59	139	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#54	150	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#83	96	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#91	89	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#81	101	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#108	82	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#134	62	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#163	45	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#163	45	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#147	51	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#168	40	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#229	22	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#222	22	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#244	19	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#231	20	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#246	18	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#325	11	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#328	10	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#257	14	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#491	4	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#432	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#547	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	12	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#308	14	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	11	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	20	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#287	15	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	13	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified

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

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

Where Pawel is officially recorded

4 official registrars have recorded Pawel, between 1955 and 2024, in 65 of those 70 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1955–2009	49	#54 in 1979
England and Wales	2005–2024	20	#617 in 2009
Republic of Ireland	2006–2018	13	#251 in 2009
Northern Ireland	2008–2012	2	#346 in 2012

Its high point came 33 years earlier in Norway (1979) than in Northern Ireland (2012).

No registrar recorded it for 5 years after 1955; it appears again in 1961.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1955 and 2024, ranked in 65 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #54, first reached in 1979.

It held a top-100 place in 12 years, 12 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 150 births, registered in Norway in 1979.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 53 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.

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Paxton · #1207, 13y
Payton · #96, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Ruairi · #54, 60y
Killian · #55, 62y
Neville · #53, 67y
Seamus · #55, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Terrence · #54, 44y
Hugh · #53, 64y
Krzysztof · #53, 71y
Neville · #53, 67y

Pawel was ranked #54 in Norway · Boys in 1979. 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.

Vidar#50
Tomasz#51
Nils#52
Vegard#53
Frank#55
Piotr#56
Petter#57
Eivind#58

Pawel 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Pawel without appearing here.

Pawel moved ahead of

Tayla
In 2005 they stood at #2174 and #2174 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1401 and #2870.
Garry
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Glenn
In 2022 they stood at #2730 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Graham
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Pawel

Matheo
In 2021 they stood at #2730 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #2018.
Gunnar
In 2019 they stood at #1655 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #1935.
Harald
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #3254.
Daithi
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #3112.

Moved the opposite way to Pawel

Benjamin
Between 1962 and 2009 in Norway · Boys, Pawel went from #257 to #495 while Benjamin went from #481 to #18.
Levi
Between 1962 and 2009 in Norway · Boys, Pawel went from #257 to #495 while Levi went from #455 to #169.
Max
Between 1962 and 2009 in Norway · Boys, Pawel went from #257 to #495 while Max went from #460 to #78.
Patrick
Between 1962 and 2009 in Norway · Boys, Pawel went from #257 to #495 while Patrick went from #465 to #129.

Moved the same way as Pawel

Aaron
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Pawel went from #2174 to #4270 and Aaron from #45 to #154.
Alan
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Pawel went from #2174 to #4270 and Alan from #241 to #592.
Alex
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Pawel went from #2174 to #4270 and Alex from #53 to #171.
Alexander
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Pawel went from #2174 to #4270 and Alexander from #22 to #36.

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 4 regions, from 1955 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #54 in Norway in 1979. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Pawel

Pawel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Pawel across 4 official records

Pawel by decade in Norway · Boys

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Pawel at a glance

Pawel across 4 official records

Pawel by decade in Norway · Boys

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