Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Pasco isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pasco through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 432
- 432 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1973. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 160 as a first name in 2020; 2,439 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Pasco’s family of names
In Cornish usage, Pasco has a conventional equivalent in the German form Pascal.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Pasco, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Parley
“one who negotiates” · “a reluctant man”
93% boys · 7% girls
Vasco
“resembling a crow”
>99% boys
Pasquale
“born on Easter” · “born during Easter”
>99% boys
Arno
“an eagle-wolf”
>99% boys
Enrico
“home” · “power”
>99% boys
Albin
“from the white hill white-” · “from the white hill; whiteskinned”
>99% boys
Lonzo
“one who is ready for battle”
>99% boys
Gaston
“a man from Gascony”
>99% boys