How Many People Are Named Pastor?
An estimated 128 people in the United States have the first name Pastor. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 37 years old, and Pastor peaked in popularity in 1981 with 8 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Pastor as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Pastor paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
128
About 1 in 2,677,768 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
37
years old
Peak Year
1981
8 births
Total Registered
146
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Pastor
Pastor is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 146 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Pastor as a male name
Ranked #14,084 in 2008
5 male births in 2008
Peak: 1981 (8 births)
Pastor: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Pastor span from the 1920s to the 2000s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 53 babies were registered. While Pastor is less common than at its peak in the 1990s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Pastor by Decade
How has Pastor tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Pastor by State
Pastor + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Pastor as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Pastor
Other first names starting with P with a similar number of bearers.
Pastor: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Pastor?
We estimate approximately 128 people named Pastor are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,677,768 Americans share this first name.
Is Pastor a common name?
Pastor is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 68.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 146 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Pastor most popular?
Pastor reached peak popularity in 1981, when 8 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Pastor is approximately 37 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Pastor a male name?
Pastor is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Pastor Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Pastor Smith, Pastor Johnson, Pastor Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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