Pascha — girls' name
214 babies named Pascha in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
89% of everyone ever named Pascha was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Pascha in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Pascha
The Social Security Administration has registered 214 babies named Pascha between 1969 and 1986, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pascha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Pascha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 191 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Pascha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pascha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Pascha 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 214 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.
Pascha at a glance
Last recorded 1986Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Pascha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1969
- Peak year (1973)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1986.
214 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 27 births in a single year.
Pascha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 191 births that decade — 89% of Pascha's all-time total
Pascha decade highlights
- Peak decade 191 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Pascha's strongest decade
191 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 89% of all-time use.
Pascha by state
Where Pascha concentrates geographically — total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 214 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1969–1986 (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.