Paschal — #12357 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Paschal

The Social Security Administration has registered 592 babies named Paschal between 1902 and 2024, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Paschal currently holds the #12357 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Paschal performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 149 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Paschal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Paschal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Paschal 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 592 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.