Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Paulo

Gender

Male

Origin

African
Place Of Rest
Spanish

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Paulo

Pronunciation

pa(u)-lo

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Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2006 (rank #1338, 122 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1554, 110 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
2025110
2024107
2023110
202293
202185
2020100
201968
201888
201771
201663

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2008 (rank #1403, 16 births); most recent 2024 (rank #5115, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025–
20243
20233
20227
2021–
202013
20198
20184
20178
201611

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1973 (rank #139, 390 births); most recent 2023 (rank #1825, 15 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202315
202213
202111
202014
201912
201813
20179
201618
201514
201415

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1974 (rank #300, 6 births); most recent 2020 (rank #598, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
20205
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence