Boys' name · since 1967
Pual
Pual has 37 recorded births since 1967 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1967 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,370 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 37
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Pual sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 37 recorded since 1967.
Social Security Administration records show Pual recorded 37 times among boys since 1967, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 1985.
- #24,370 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 37 born since 1967
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pual ranks #24,370 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 37 born since 1967, peaking in the 1980s.
- #24,370 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 37
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Pual's 37 recorded births place it above 46.3% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pual's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Pual's full recorded timeline at 1981, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1967 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Pual popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1985
- Peak year (1967)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Pual by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (23 births, 62% of the file).
1980s was Pual's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Pual births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 9
1960s
9 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 23 births (62% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Pual: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1967)
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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, 1967–1985 (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 Pual 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.