first name
PAOLA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 40,331 people named Paola, 92.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 6.5% as White. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Paola peaked in 2006, when 1,089 babies got the name.
At least 24,644 babies have been given the name since 1950. 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.
Paola by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #638. The largest share of babies named Paola, 57.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Paola is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Paola has been most common in California (3.4×), Nevada (3.2×), and Arizona (3×), and least common in Ohio (0.06×).
22,578 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.
Either side of Paola
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Paola, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Paola ranks #42,858 of 156,621, with 544 people. See Paola as a last name
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