Pagan — girls' name

What the Data Says About Pagan

The Social Security Administration has registered 50 babies named Pagan between 1984 and 2022, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pagan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pagan performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Pagan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pagan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 50 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.