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How popular is the name Pax?
Births per year, rank history and how many Paxes are alive today.
Pax (male) is a shortened form of the name Paxton. Pax itself was last registered for 3 babies in 2023; most Paxes are registered as Paxton, which ranked 1466th in 2025 with 18 babies.
Most people called Pax are registered as Paxton, and share that name's profile: the Paxton you are most likely to meet is around 3 years old. Half of all Paxtons born in England and Wales are between 3 and 9, and there are at least 160 of them alive today. Only some Paxtons go by Pax.
How many babies are named Pax or Paxton each year?
Combined registrations of Paxton, Pax. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does Paxton rank as a registered name?
Where does Pax rank as a registered name?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
Is Pax short for Paxton?
Yes - Pax is a shortened form of Paxton. Paxes are usually registered as Paxton at birth.
When was the name Pax most popular?
The full name Paxton peaked in 2022, when 27 babies in England and Wales were given the name. Pax itself peaked as a registered name in 2022, with 7 babies.
How many people are called Pax?
There's no official count of people who go by Pax, because it's a nickname rather than a registered name. What we can say: at least 160 people registered as Paxton born in England and Wales are alive today, and some of them go by Pax.
How old is the typical Pax?
Most people called Pax are registered as Paxton. Most living Paxtons are between 3 and 9; the most common age is about 3.
Is Pax becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.