Pastor

Popularity Trends

The name Pastor is the #7,593 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 146 recorded births since 1929. This represents the 1.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,440 (3.1% percentile) for all time with 146 births since 1929.

Pastor first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1929 (first recorded for boys in 1929). Birth data for Pastor is available in 25 out of the 80 years between 1929 and 2008. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Pastor reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #679) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1929, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Pastor".

1929 2008 19292008

Key Statistics

Total Births

146

Peak Births

Peak Year

1981

First Recorded

1929

Peak Percentile

0.4%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#679

Current Rank

—

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Pastor", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Pastor.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Pastor's popularity from 1934 to 2011 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Pastor at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Pastor range from Jaspreet at 58.5% correlation to Ronnesha at 56.1% correlation, with an average correlation level of 56.7%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Allisa with 1.3K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Kieana with 145 births (100% girls).

Pastor's share of births peaked at 5.4 births per million for boys in 1981. It reached its lowest point of 2.3 births per million (42% of peak) in 2008. In 2008, the most recent period with data, the name Pastor had 2.3 births per million, 42% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Jaspreet

637

58.50% (moderate)

Shanterria

251

57.10% (moderate)

Kieana

145

57.04% (moderate)

Jejuan

217

56.96% (moderate)

Dontavis

359

56.69% (moderate)

Miquela

365

56.69% (moderate)

Omeed

288

56.58% (moderate)

Desha

818

56.58% (moderate)

Airika

174

56.32% (moderate)

Allisa

1,340

56.11% (moderate)

Harpreet

503

56.09% (moderate)

Ronnesha

259

56.06% (moderate)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Pastor

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Pastor. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 87.8% confident that Pastor is pronounced as PA-ster, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is PAH-ster, at 12.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.

PA-ster

87.8%

PAH-ster

12.2%

PA-ster (2 syllables)

Verified

87.8% confidence

P AE1 S T ER0

PAH-ster (2 syllables)

12.2% confidence

P AA1 S T ER0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Pastor? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Pastor. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Pastor, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like P AE1 S T ER0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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