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Paolo

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Paolo is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 56 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
560.00% of boys
Peak year
2007119 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1910
3,663people given the name
Babies named Paolo, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

3,663 boys have been named Paolo in the United States since 1910, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 119 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 2000s alone account for 28%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Paolo
1910s10
1920s22
1950s15
1960s217
1970s345
1980s453
1990s643
2000s1,009
2010s633
2020s316

In 2007, its biggest year

Paolo was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2007 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2007.

Names that rose and fell with Paolo

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.