Pasquale
Pasquale is a masculine Italian given name and a surname found all over Italy. It is a cognate of the French name Pascal, the Spanish Pascual, the Portuguese Pascoal and the Catalan Pasqual.
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Pasquale
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Pasquale is a masculine Italian given name and a surname found all over Italy. It is a cognate of the French name Pascal, the Spanish Pascual, the Portuguese Pascoal and the Catalan Pasqual.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Pasquale
The earliest SSA record of Pasquale as a baby boy name dates back to 1894, when 6 babies received it. 1917 was its biggest year on record, with 262 newborns named Pasquale — #341 in the national rankings. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 21% of all recorded Pasquales. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #5,763 among baby boy names with 16 births, gradually falling (-5%). In total, more than 10K Pasquales have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1890s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Pasquale
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About the name Pasquale
Pasquale is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1894 and has accumulated 10K births in the dataset. Pasquale's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #300. Use the chart and map above to compare Pasquale's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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