Pablo
Pablo is ranked 406th among boys in 2024 (794 births). Its best rank was 284th, in 2005.
- Rank in 2024
- #406down 28 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 7940.05% of boys
- Peak year
- 20061,174 births
- Best rank
- #284in 2005
- Since 1880
- 49,617people given the name
The story in the numbers
49,617 boys have been named Pablo in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 1,174 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 398 → 406).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1997, and the 2000s alone account for 21%. It has spent 143 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Pablo | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 95 | |
| 1890s | 121 | |
| 1900s | 214 | |
| 1910s | 586 | |
| 1920s | 1,632 | |
| 1930s | 1,416 | |
| 1940s | 1,417 | |
| 1950s | 1,967 | |
| 1960s | 2,689 | |
| 1970s | 4,020 | |
| 1980s | 5,123 | |
| 1990s | 8,000 | |
| 2000s | 10,482 | |
| 2010s | 7,861 | |
| 2020s | 3,994 |
In 2006, its biggest year
Pablo was the 292nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2006 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Ethan and Matthew. See all of 2006.
Names that rose and fell with Pablo
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Vicentepeak 2023
- Agustinpeak 2001
- Nathanielpeak 2002
- Grantpeak 1997
- Cristobalpeak 2001
- Rafaelpeak 2006
- Israelpeak 2007
- Etiennepeak 2006
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.