How rare is the name Paolo?

6,323 people in the United States have the first name Paolo, about 1 in 47,767. It ranks #3,355 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

PAOLO

#3,355

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,323
About
1 in 47,767
This common or more
82.2%
Who bears it

Of the 6,323 people named Paolo, 48% reported their origin as White, 27% as Hispanic or Latino and 21.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Paolo peaked in 2007, when 119 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19102025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
119
In 2025*
76 ▼36%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,739 babies have been given the name since 1910. 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.

Paolo by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #3,309. The largest share of babies named Paolo, 38.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#10,10610
1920s#9,90622
1950s#11,72115
1960s#4,171218
1970s#3,713345
1980s#3,657453
1990s#3,608642
2000s#3,3091,009
2010s#4,777633
2020s#4,684392
Greatest Generation 1901–270.9%
Baby boom 1946–642.6%
Generation X 1965–8013.8%
Millennials 1981–9622.7%
Generation Z 1997–1238.8%
2013 and later21.3%

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 Paolo is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Paolo has been most common in California (3.8×), New York (3.4×), and Florida (3.2×), and least common in Illinois (1×).

2,195 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 Paolo

#3,353 Jaylee · 6,325#3,353 Karmen · 6,325#3,356 Virgilio · 6,320#3,357 Arnoldo · 6,319

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Paolo, most common first.

#1,040 Paola · 40,331#2,310 Paulo · 11,111#45,674 Palo · 148

Also a last name

As a last name, Paolo ranks #47,529 of 156,621, with 481 people. See Paolo as a last name

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