NameTides

Paola

Paola was the #1,258 girls' name in the US in 2025 (178 babies).

Paola as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Paola as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020US
Paola as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,258 (178)——
2024#1,077 (230)#3,696 (6)—
2023#1,073 (231)#3,219 (7)#3,290 (5)
2022#984 (269)#2,889 (8)#2,133 (9)
2021#962 (270)#5,581 (3)#2,185 (9)
2020#953 (268)#4,535 (4)#2,873 (6)
2019#933 (283)#2,869 (8)#2,872 (6)
2018#960 (275)#5,666 (3)#2,587 (7)
2017#823 (331)#4,063 (5)#2,041 (10)
2016#842 (338)#4,763 (4)#1,690 (13)
2015#736 (383)#3,615 (6)#2,011 (10)
2014#680 (418)#5,691 (3)#2,905 (6)
2013#672 (424)#5,742 (3)#2,376 (8)
2012#579 (507)#4,171 (5)#1,617 (14)
2011#480 (620)#5,785 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1999 at #300.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1950.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,000 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.

Next year

On its recent trend, Paola is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,000 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Paola by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,165NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #855CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict 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: #762TXFlorida: #571FL
Paola (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PaolaCanadaGirls—too few
PaolaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
PaolaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
PaolaUSGirls#1,258178
PaolaUSBoys—too few