How rare is the name Paulino?

4,668 people in the United States have the first name Paulino, about 1 in 64,703. It ranks #4,121 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

PAULINO

#4,121

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,668
About
1 in 64,703
This common or more
83.6%
Who bears it

Of the 4,668 people named Paulino, 87.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 8.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2.4% as White. 99% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Paulino peaked in 1995, when 37 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
1995
Births that year
37
In 2025*
12 ▼68%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,788 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.

Paulino by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #4,323. The largest share of babies named Paulino, 22.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#7,03232
1920s#4,666125
1930s#4,323116
1940s#5,93373
1950s#5,749103
1960s#5,386139
1970s#5,836175
1980s#6,043216
1990s#6,662261
2000s#8,342261
2010s#10,969191
2020s#11,96896
Greatest Generation 1901–276.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4510.7%
Baby boom 1946–6411.1%
Generation X 1965–8015.1%
Millennials 1981–9621.2%
Generation Z 1997–1222.5%
2013 and later12.5%

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.

Exactly as common as Paulino

1 other first name also has 4,668 people.

Spelled almost the same

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Paulino ranks #2,695 of 156,621, with 13,067 people. See Paulino as a last name

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