Paulo
Paulo is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 107 births. Its best rank was 935th, in 1973.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1070.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2006122 births
- Best rank
- #935in 1973
- Since 1913
- 4,921people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,921 boys have been named Paulo in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 122 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2006, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 2000s alone account for 19%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Paulo | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 35 | |
| 1920s | 146 | |
| 1930s | 140 | |
| 1940s | 139 | |
| 1950s | 121 | |
| 1960s | 224 | |
| 1970s | 689 | |
| 1980s | 628 | |
| 1990s | 649 | |
| 2000s | 921 | |
| 2010s | 734 | |
| 2020s | 495 |
In 2006, its biggest year
Paulo was outside the top 1,000 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 Paulo
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rafaelpeak 2006
- Lazaropeak 2004
- Evangelospeak 2010
- Ramseypeak 2017
- Stavrospeak 2007
- Mauropeak 2006
- Karlospeak 2005
- Yusefpeak 2024
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.