Pascual
Pascual was given to 33 boys in 2025, #3,490 among boys’ names; 3,054 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,190 Americans named Pascual and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (72% of everyone recorded); the median is 33 years old and half are between 18 and 50.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Pascual by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Pascual mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Pascual is “a male given name” Its etymology gives the senses “paschal, of Easter, of Passover” (pāscuālis) and “pasturage” (pāscua) and “Easter, Passover” (Pascha).
Derived from Late Latin pāscuālis (“paschal, of Easter, of Passover”), variant (influenced by pāscua (“pasturage”)) of Paschālis, from Pascha (“Easter, Passover”), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פַּסְחָא (paskha), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh). Cognate with French Pascal, English Pascal.
/pasˈkwal/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Pascual?
#3,490 among boys’ names, 2025
Pascual rose from #3,957 in 2015 to #3,490 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 14.1 to 19.3 per million.
48 babies in 1993, the peak
Pascual peaked in 1993, when 48 boys were given it, #1,780 among boys’ names. The 33 births of 2025 are 69% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #3,490 | 19.3 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,148 | 22.6 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,535 | 19.3 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,086 | 22.9 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,890 | 16.0 |
| 2020 | 42 | #2,874 | 24.3 |
| 2019 | 30 | #3,692 | 16.7 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,186 | 13.8 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,053 | 21.1 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,960 | 14.2 |
Every recorded year (116)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 27 | #3,957 | 14.1 |
| 2014 | 19 | #5,005 | 9.9 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,276 | 12.2 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,152 | 19.0 |
| 2011 | 29 | #3,671 | 15.3 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,059 | 19.8 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,800 | 14.1 |
| 2008 | 38 | #3,085 | 18.6 |
| 2007 | 39 | #3,007 | 18.8 |
| 2006 | 46 | #2,612 | 22.4 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,502 | 14.0 |
| 2004 | 38 | #2,775 | 19.1 |
| 2003 | 40 | #2,565 | 20.2 |
| 2002 | 40 | #2,493 | 20.6 |
| 2001 | 42 | #2,370 | 21.6 |
| 2000 | 38 | #2,508 | 19.3 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,072 | 14.1 |
| 1998 | 31 | #2,688 | 16.2 |
| 1997 | 31 | #2,590 | 16.4 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,128 | 21.1 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,044 | 21.5 |
| 1994 | 47 | #1,843 | 24.3 |
| 1993 | 48 | #1,780 | 24.5 |
| 1992 | 43 | #1,898 | 21.5 |
| 1991 | 36 | #2,080 | 17.8 |
| 1990 | 36 | #2,068 | 17.5 |
| 1989 | 46 | #1,694 | 23.0 |
| 1988 | 35 | #1,897 | 18.3 |
| 1987 | 33 | #1,924 | 17.7 |
| 1986 | 34 | #1,825 | 18.5 |
| 1985 | 33 | #1,827 | 17.9 |
| 1984 | 21 | #2,415 | 11.6 |
| 1983 | 33 | #1,740 | 18.4 |
| 1982 | 29 | #1,923 | 16.0 |
| 1981 | 34 | #1,717 | 19.0 |
| 1980 | 35 | #1,685 | 19.6 |
| 1979 | 31 | #1,823 | 18.0 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,353 | 12.2 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,333 | 12.2 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,977 | 15.9 |
| 1975 | 26 | #1,869 | 16.7 |
| 1974 | 30 | #1,649 | 19.1 |
| 1973 | 22 | #1,968 | 14.1 |
| 1972 | 25 | #1,810 | 15.4 |
| 1971 | 21 | #2,031 | 11.9 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,835 | 12.9 |
| 1969 | 18 | #2,031 | 10.1 |
| 1968 | 23 | #1,677 | 13.2 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,696 | 12.6 |
| 1966 | 14 | #2,187 | 7.8 |
| 1965 | 16 | #2,055 | 8.6 |
| 1964 | 22 | #1,722 | 11.0 |
| 1963 | 17 | #2,024 | 8.4 |
| 1962 | 23 | #1,700 | 11.1 |
| 1961 | 26 | #1,591 | 12.2 |
| 1960 | 18 | #1,959 | 8.4 |
| 1959 | 18 | #1,953 | 8.4 |
| 1958 | 19 | #1,879 | 9.0 |
| 1957 | 26 | #1,571 | 12.1 |
| 1956 | 19 | #1,875 | 9.0 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,361 | 15.5 |
| 1954 | 20 | #1,747 | 9.8 |
| 1953 | 20 | #1,755 | 10.1 |
| 1952 | 20 | #1,732 | 10.3 |
| 1951 | 22 | #1,631 | 11.7 |
| 1950 | 23 | #1,566 | 12.8 |
| 1949 | 18 | #1,804 | 10.1 |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,315 | 17.7 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,050 | 8.2 |
| 1946 | 30 | #1,289 | 18.5 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,523 | 14.9 |
| 1944 | 15 | #1,862 | 11.0 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,152 | 9.1 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,232 | 8.7 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,065 | 10.6 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,672 | 15.5 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,522 | 18.1 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,466 | 19.8 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,568 | 18.8 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,040 | 12.5 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,447 | 22.1 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,313 | 26.1 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,578 | 20.2 |
| 1932 | 26 | #1,377 | 24.9 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,273 | 28.9 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,390 | 25.5 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,660 | 19.5 |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,597 | 20.8 |
| 1927 | 28 | #1,429 | 24.8 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,456 | 23.4 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,568 | 21.5 |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,477 | 23.8 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,253 | 31.0 |
| 1922 | 27 | #1,462 | 24.8 |
| 1921 | 25 | #1,535 | 22.7 |
| 1920 | 25 | #1,537 | 23.5 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,614 | 22.4 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,136 | 14.8 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,387 | 13.0 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,501 | 12.4 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,761 | 20.0 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,232 | 15.3 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,775 | 21.5 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,508 | 27.9 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,351 | 39.0 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,142 | 41.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Pascual a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Pascual has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 116 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Pascual: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Pascual, and how old are they?
2,190 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 72% of the 3,054 Americans ever recorded as Pascual. The median Pascual alive today is 33 years old; half are between 18 and 50.
The 2020 Census counted 7,008 people named Pascual (29 women and girls, 6,979 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,108 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.3 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 61 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 275 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 330 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 560 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 560 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 402 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Pascual born?
The states with the most babies named Pascual are California, Florida and Alabama, with 100% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Alabama is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 7 | #2,155 | 2.1× |
| Florida | 7 | #1,589 | 0.9× |
| Alabama | 5 | #849 | 0.5× |
Where Pascual is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Pascual is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 3.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Pascual with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 5,615 babies since 1880, Pascual is the most given (54% of them). In 2025 it was given to 33 of their 64 babies (52%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Pascual
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Pascual and names like it
- Compare Pascual and PascalBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sPascual peaked in 1993.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Pascual since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Pascual: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1993The year the most babies were named Pascual.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Pascual alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with PMost given first.