NameTides

Paloma

Paloma was the #792 girls' name in the US in 2025 (343 babies), and #542 in England & Wales and #1,373 in Canada.

Paloma as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Paloma as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUSScotlandCanada
Paloma as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#792 (343)#542 (73)#780 (3)—#1,373 (18)
2024#968 (268)#696 (54)——#1,617 (14)
2023#971 (266)#888 (40)#749 (3)—#2,366 (8)
2022#955 (281)#706 (52)—#747 (4)#1,313 (18)
2021#881 (309)#667 (58)——#1,876 (11)
2020#937 (274)#872 (41)——#2,007 (10)
2019#912 (290)#980 (36)——#1,798 (12)
2018#903 (298)#936 (39)——#1,996 (10)
2017#890 (303)#836 (46)——#1,506 (15)
2016#944 (290)#955 (38)——#1,906 (11)
2015#901 (306)#923 (39)——#2,179 (9)
2014#870 (314)#1,234 (27)——#1,395 (17)
2013#755 (359)#1,148 (30)—#894 (3)#2,595 (7)
2012#788 (346)#1,253 (26)——#2,338 (8)
2011#833 (317)#1,665 (17)—#937 (3)#1,588 (14)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2010 at #700.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1921.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Paloma is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,100 to 1 in 6,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Paloma by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #478WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #455ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,087NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #483ORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: #939NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #429CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #477AZNew Mexico: #249NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #546TXFlorida: #674FL
Paloma (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#7745
Ontario2024#1,1819

Paloma (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PalomaCanadaGirls#1,37318
PalomaEngland & WalesGirls#54273
PalomaIrelandGirls—too few
PalomaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
PalomaScotlandGirls#7803
PalomaUSGirls#792343