How rare is the name Paulo?

11,111 people in the United States have the first name Paulo, about 1 in 27,183. It ranks #2,310 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

PAULO

#2,310

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,111
About
1 in 27,183
This common or more
79.3%
Who bears it

Of the 11,111 people named Paulo, 44.3% reported their origin as White, 41% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Paulo peaked in 2006, when 122 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19132025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
122
In 2025*
110 ▼10%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,031 babies have been given the name since 1913. 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.

Paulo by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #2,415. The largest share of babies named Paulo, 26.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#6,79235
1920s#4,251146
1930s#3,871140
1940s#4,186139
1950s#5,266121
1960s#4,102224
1970s#2,415689
1980s#2,936627
1990s#3,590649
2000s#3,532921
2010s#4,339734
2020s#3,539606
Greatest Generation 1901–273%
Silent Generation 1928–454.8%
Baby boom 1946–645.4%
Generation X 1965–8018%
Millennials 1981–9619.8%
Generation Z 1997–1226.9%
2013 and later22.1%

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 Paulo is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Paulo has been most common in Texas (4.9×), California (3.4×), and Massachusetts (2.9×), and least common in Illinois (0.23×).

3,251 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 Paulo

#2,308 Lenore · 11,122#2,309 Yazmin · 11,117#2,311 Janel · 11,109#2,312 Arjun · 11,098

Spelled almost the same

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

#31 Paul · 907,225#210 Paula · 256,421#3,355 Paolo · 6,323#20,524 Paule · 503#29,411 Pauli · 301#30,958 Pauly · 279#42,623 Paull · 168#45,674 Palo · 148

Also a last name

As a last name, Paulo ranks #15,238 of 156,621, with 1,854 people. See Paulo as a last name

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