Fun Facts About the Name Pinchus
- 706 babies named Pinchus: U.S. records list 706 babies given the name Pinchus from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Pinchus Mean?
Pinchus is an English spelling of an Ashkenazi (Yiddish) form of the Hebrew name פִּינְחָס (Pinchas), which appears in English Bibles as Phinehas. Its meaning is not settled. The best-known proposal is that the Hebrew name was borrowed from Egyptian, from the phrase p3-nḥsy, meaning "the Nubian" or "the southerner" - a label for a person from the land south of Egypt. The shape of the Hebrew name, which ends in the letter samekh, is one reason a non-Hebrew origin is considered likely.
A separate, later reading treats the name as Hebrew pe ("mouth") plus nakhash ("serpent"), giving "mouth of a serpent." That is a wordplay on the sound of the name rather than its historical etymology, and no Hebrew root meaning has been established for it.
Pinchus Name History & Origins
Pinchas is the name of a priest in the Hebrew Bible: Pinchas son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron, who in the book of Numbers kills an Israelite man and a Midianite woman at Shittim and is granted a "covenant of peace" and a lasting priesthood. He appears again in Joshua and Judges. The biblical figure made the name familiar in Jewish life, and it was borne by teachers in the Talmud, among them Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair.
The form Pinchus belongs to Yiddish-speaking Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. Ashkenazi pronunciation stressed the first syllable and gave the second a Yiddish-colored vowel, and when these families settled in English-speaking countries the name was written in several ways, including Pinchas, Pinches, Pinchus and Pincus. In Hebrew the name is spelled the same across these communities; only the pronunciation and the Latin-alphabet spelling differ. Hasidic tradition preserves the name in figures such as Rabbi Pinchas of Koretz.
How Popular is the Name Pinchus?
Pinchus has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #3,492 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,492 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 2024 | #4,654 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2023 | #5,012 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2022 | #5,375 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2021 | #4,094 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2020 | #4,987 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2019 | #4,763 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2018 | #3,862 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2017 | #4,428 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2016 | #4,733 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2015 | #4,374 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2014 | #5,421 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2013 | #6,920 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #5,434 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2011 | #4,783 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #4,984 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2009 | #4,550 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2008 | #6,668 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #8,021 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #3,968 | 25 | 0.0012% |
| 2005 | #4,297 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2004 | #6,421 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2003 | #3,939 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2002 | #5,984 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #3,595 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 2000 | #4,734 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1999 | #3,941 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1998 | #4,811 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1997 | #4,404 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1996 | #3,789 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1995 | #5,038 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #7,546 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #6,102 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1992 | #6,019 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #5,405 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1990 | #5,280 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1989 | #3,966 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1988 | #3,847 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1986 | #5,773 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1985 | #5,595 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1984 | #6,127 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #6,036 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #6,047 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1979 | #4,733 | 8 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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