Recorded 1929–2008 Boys' name Peak 1981 146 births

Pastor — boys' name

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.

1920s61930s51950s121960s61970s101980s251990s532000s29
1990s
Peak decade

36% of everyone ever named Pastor was born in this single decade.

1981
Single peak year

8 babies were named Pastor in 1981 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Pastor

The Social Security Administration has registered 146 babies named Pastor between 1929 and 2008, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pastor currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pastor performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Pastor shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. 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 Pastor in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pastor 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 146 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.

Pastor at a glance

Last recorded 2008

Total births

146

Since 1929

80 years of records

Peak year

1981

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2008

Active since

1929

Recorded for 80 years

Last year on file: 2008

Pastor popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1929

Last recorded 2008
Peak year (1981)
8
Annual births at peak — across 80 years of records
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Pastor by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
53 births that decade — 36% of Pastor's all-time total
1920s61930s51950s121960s61970s101980s251990s532000s29

Pastor by state

Where Pastor concentrates geographically — total births since 1929

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Pastor
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 3.4%
California share of Pastor's total US births 3.4%

5 of 146 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Pastor?
146 babies have been named Pastor since 1929. It was last recorded in 2008. The peak year was 1981 with 8 births.
When was Pastor most popular?
Pastor was most popular in the 1990s decade with 53 total births. The single peak year was 1981.
Where is Pastor most popular?
The top states for the name Pastor are California (5 births).
How long has the name Pastor been used?
Pastor has been recorded in Social Security data since 1929, spanning 80 years of data through 2008.
What names are similar to Pastor?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Pasquale, Pascual, Pascal, Pasqual, 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, 1929–2008 (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.