boys:
1.5k births since 1971
#3176 (31st percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1971
#6274 (19th percentile)
The name Pavel is the #6,274 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,471 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 18.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,176 (30.7% percentile) for all time with 1,471 births since 1971.
Pavel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (first recorded for boys in 1971). Birth data for Pavel is available in 45 out of the 53 years between 1971 and 2023. 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, Pavel reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 8.6% percentile (ranked #829) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 38 births per million (ranked 8.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2009, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Pavel ranks #884 for boys (3.0% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 45.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Pavel".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Pavel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 28.3% confident that Pavel is pronounced as PAH-vehl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is PAH-vuhl, at 26.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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