Recorded 1915–2013 Boys' name Peak 1927 202 births

Pancho — boys' name

202 babies named Pancho in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s121920s341930s231940s51950s331960s181970s191980s221990s62000s182010s12
1920s
Peak decade

17% of everyone ever named Pancho was born in this single decade.

1927
Single peak year

9 babies were named Pancho in 1927 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Pancho

The Social Security Administration has registered 202 babies named Pancho between 1915 and 2013, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pancho currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pancho performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Pancho shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pancho in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pancho 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 202 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.

Pancho at a glance

Last recorded 2013

Total births

202

Since 1915

99 years of records

Peak year

1927

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2013

Active since

1915

Recorded for 99 years

Last year on file: 2013

Pancho popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1915

Last recorded 2013
Peak year (1927)
9
Annual births at peak — across 99 years of records
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Pancho by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
34 births that decade — 17% of Pancho's all-time total
1910s121920s341930s231940s51950s331960s181970s191980s221990s62000s182010s12

Pancho by state

Where Pancho concentrates geographically — total births since 1915

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Pancho
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
15 7.4%
Texas share of Pancho's total US births 7.4%

15 of 202 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Pancho?
202 babies have been named Pancho since 1915. It was last recorded in 2013. The peak year was 1927 with 9 births.
When was Pancho most popular?
Pancho was most popular in the 1920s decade with 34 total births. The single peak year was 1927.
Where is Pancho most popular?
The top states for the name Pancho are Texas (15 births).
How long has the name Pancho been used?
Pancho has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 99 years of data through 2013.
What names are similar to Pancho?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Panagiotis, Panayiotis, Panfilo, Pantelis, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.