How rare is the name Paloma?

10,303 people in the United States have the first name Paloma, about 1 in 29,315. It ranks #2,414 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

PALOMA

#2,414

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,303
About
1 in 29,315
This common or more
79.7%
Who bears it

Of the 10,303 people named Paloma, 83.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 11.4% as White and 1.9% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Paloma peaked in 2009, when 411 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19212025
Peak year
2009
Births that year
411
In 2025*
343 ▼17%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 10,765 babies have been given the name since 1921. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Paloma by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,508. The largest share of babies named Paloma, 44.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1920s#10,61717
1960s#17,2535
1970s#7,013131
1980s#2,749699
1990s#1,7731,877
2000s#1,5083,065
2010s#1,5843,230
2020s#1,7291,741
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Generation X 1965–801.6%
Millennials 1981–9617.8%
Generation Z 1997–1244.2%
2013 and later36.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Paloma is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Paloma has been most common in Arizona (3.9×), California (3.7×), and Texas (2.9×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.15×).

8,824 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Paloma

1 other first name also has 10,303 people.

#2,414 Georgette · 10,303

Either side of Paloma

#2,413 Kadence · 10,308#2,414 Georgette · 10,303#2,416 Emelia · 10,301#2,416 Raina · 10,301

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Paloma, most common first.

#8,263 Palma · 1,761

Also a last name

As a last name, Paloma ranks #40,393 of 156,621, with 585 people. See Paloma as a last name

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