Boys' name · since 1929
Pastor
146 babies named Pastor in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,941 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 146
- born since 1929
- 1990s
- peak decade
Pastor sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 146 recorded since 1929.
Pastor has 146 recorded births among boys since 1929, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1929 to 2008.
- #14,941 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 146 born since 1929
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pastor ranks #14,941 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 146 born since 1929, peaking in the 1990s.
- #14,941 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 146
- born since 1929
- 1990s
- peak decade
Pastor's 146 recorded births place it above 67.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Pastor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Pastor splits its recorded history at 1991: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1930 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1981 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Pastor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–2008
- Peak year (1981)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 80 years of records
Pastor by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (53 births, 36% of the file).
1990s was Pastor's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Pastor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
25 births
- 1990s
1990s
53 births
- 2000s
2000s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 53 births (36% of all-time use).
Pastor by state
Where Pastor concentrates geographically, total births since 1929
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.4% |
5 of 146 births nationwide.
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What to do with Pastor's data
- Pastor's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (53 total births) through the 2000s (29) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Pastors (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Pastor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~79 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1929–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Pastor draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.