Pavle — #11525 US boys' name
133 babies named Pavle in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 19% of names given to boys today.
60% of everyone ever named Pavle was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Pavle in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Pavle
The Social Security Administration has registered 133 babies named Pavle between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pavle currently holds the #11525 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Pavle performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 80 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Pavle shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pavle in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Pavle 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 133 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.
Pavle at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Pavle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2016)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #11525 among boys.
133 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 14 births in a single year.
Pavle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 80 births that decade — 60% of Pavle's all-time total
Pavle decade highlights
- Peak decade 80 births
- Runner-up 28 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Pavle's strongest decade
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Pavle by state
Where Pavle concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 3.8% |
5 of 133 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 3.8% 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, 1999–2024 (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.