NameTides

Paulo

Paulo was the #1,554 boys' name in the US in 2025 (110 babies), and #1,500 in Canada.

Paulo as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Paulo as a boy’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.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Paulo as a boy’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.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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#1,554 (110)—#1,500 (15)
2024#1,599 (107)#5,120 (3)#3,072 (5)
2023#1,567 (111)#4,992 (3)#1,947 (9)
2022#1,771 (93)#2,756 (7)—
2021#1,823 (85)——
2020#1,609 (100)#1,723 (13)#2,197 (7)
2019#2,110 (68)#2,488 (8)#1,998 (8)
2018#1,744 (88)#3,959 (4)#2,403 (6)
2017#2,003 (71)#2,512 (8)#2,439 (6)
2016#2,167 (63)#2,027 (11)—
2015#2,086 (67)#2,483 (8)#2,387 (6)
2014#1,945 (74)#2,964 (6)—
2013#1,903 (74)#2,660 (7)#2,305 (6)
2012#2,066 (66)#2,721 (7)#1,781 (9)
2011#1,656 (91)#2,390 (8)#1,944 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #1,567.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1913.

How common is it?

about 1 in 16,000 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Paulo is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 16,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Paulo 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: #1,280ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #957CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: #856TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Paulo (boys) 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
PauloCanadaBoys#1,50015
PauloEngland & WalesBoys—too few
PauloNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
PauloUSBoys#1,554110