Pablo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- PAB-loh
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,286 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #429 for boys
Pablo is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “small, humble”. In 2025 it ranked 1,286th for boys in the UK (23 babies) and 429th for boys in the US (743 babies).
What does Pablo mean?
Latin: Spanish form of Paul
“small, humble”
Famous bearers include painter Pablo Picasso, cellist Pablo Casals and poet Pablo Neruda.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Pablo a girl's or a boy's name?
Pablo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the UK and 743 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pablo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,286among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were named Pablo, making it the 1,286th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,033rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 44 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Pablo than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Pablo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,225th in England and Wales.
Pablo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2024 | 31 | #1,041 |
| 2023 | 30 | #1,072 |
| 2022 | 31 | #1,048 |
| 2021 | 35 | #960 |
| 2020 | 30 | #1,033 |
| 2019 | 32 | #994 |
| 2018 | 41 | #850 |
| 2017 | 36 | #936 |
| 2016 | 25 | #1,195 |
| 2015 | 33 | #982 |
| 2014 | 24 | #1,196 |
| 2013 | 25 | #1,139 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 32 | #971 |
| 2010 | 38 | #848 |
| 2009 | 38 | #839 |
| 2008 | 43 | #751 |
| 2007 | 44 | #710 |
| 2006 | 35 | #798 |
| 2005 | 26 | #944 |
| 2004 | 22 | #1,010 |
| 2003 | 30 | #773 |
| 2002 | 19 | #988 |
| 2001 | 24 | #796 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,057 |
| 1999 | 21 | #836 |
| 1998 | 20 | #844 |
| 1997 | 22 | #785 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,215 |
How popular is Pablo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #429among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 743about 1 in 2,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 743 boys in the US were named Pablo, making it the 429th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 385th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 1,174 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Pablo than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Pablo in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pablo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 743 | #429 |
| 2024 | 798 | #406 |
| 2023 | 852 | #378 |
| 2022 | 777 | #415 |
| 2021 | 774 | #402 |
| 2020 | 797 | #385 |
| 2019 | 791 | #395 |
| 2018 | 749 | #418 |
| 2017 | 700 | #444 |
| 2016 | 795 | #401 |
| 2015 | 803 | #394 |
| 2014 | 786 | #398 |
| 2013 | 742 | #403 |
| 2012 | 826 | #366 |
| 2011 | 840 | #357 |
| 2010 | 830 | #361 |
| 2009 | 912 | #344 |
| 2008 | 1,006 | #327 |
| 2007 | 1,095 | #305 |
| 2006 | 1,174 | #292 |
| 2005 | 1,169 | #284 |
| 2004 | 1,047 | #303 |
| 2003 | 1,021 | #299 |
| 2002 | 1,011 | #295 |
| 2001 | 1,037 | #289 |
| 2000 | 1,010 | #297 |
| 1999 | 938 | #306 |
| 1998 | 903 | #310 |
| 1997 | 890 | #304 |
| 1996 | 794 | #331 |
| 1995 | 804 | #325 |
| 1994 | 767 | #327 |
| 1993 | 751 | #337 |
| 1992 | 767 | #330 |
| 1991 | 709 | #342 |
| 1990 | 680 | #353 |
| 1989 | 628 | #361 |
| 1988 | 499 | #399 |
| 1987 | 516 | #374 |
| 1986 | 522 | #361 |
| 1985 | 462 | #387 |
| 1984 | 487 | #366 |
| 1983 | 477 | #368 |
| 1982 | 500 | #358 |
| 1981 | 537 | #340 |
| 1980 | 496 | #358 |
| 1979 | 445 | #382 |
| 1978 | 433 | #370 |
| 1977 | 424 | #381 |
| 1976 | 446 | #363 |
| 1975 | 412 | #383 |
| 1974 | 409 | #383 |
| 1973 | 365 | #407 |
| 1972 | 354 | #421 |
| 1971 | 355 | #431 |
| 1970 | 377 | #421 |
| 1969 | 328 | #437 |
| 1968 | 306 | #436 |
| 1967 | 271 | #461 |
| 1966 | 277 | #456 |
| 1965 | 235 | #498 |
| 1964 | 261 | #490 |
| 1963 | 247 | #509 |
| 1962 | 277 | #478 |
| 1961 | 256 | #494 |
| 1960 | 232 | #520 |
| 1959 | 232 | #516 |
| 1958 | 214 | #526 |
| 1957 | 215 | #527 |
| 1956 | 194 | #538 |
| 1955 | 178 | #551 |
| 1954 | 188 | #530 |
| 1953 | 193 | #500 |
| 1952 | 174 | #531 |
| 1951 | 185 | #496 |
| 1950 | 194 | #476 |
| 1949 | 169 | #511 |
| 1948 | 174 | #498 |
| 1947 | 150 | #551 |
| 1946 | 168 | #497 |
| 1945 | 127 | #530 |
| 1944 | 145 | #503 |
| 1943 | 136 | #541 |
| 1942 | 120 | #562 |
| 1941 | 119 | #546 |
| 1940 | 109 | #568 |
| 1939 | 96 | #587 |
| 1938 | 107 | #565 |
| 1937 | 134 | #496 |
| 1936 | 115 | #534 |
| 1935 | 136 | #486 |
| 1934 | 142 | #478 |
| 1933 | 146 | #457 |
| 1932 | 176 | #422 |
| 1931 | 155 | #452 |
| 1930 | 209 | #401 |
| 1929 | 182 | #438 |
| 1928 | 174 | #457 |
| 1927 | 163 | #474 |
| 1926 | 200 | #429 |
| 1925 | 166 | #466 |
| 1924 | 159 | #491 |
| 1923 | 185 | #449 |
| 1922 | 139 | #530 |
| 1921 | 131 | #545 |
| 1920 | 133 | #531 |
| 1919 | 93 | #628 |
| 1918 | 98 | #620 |
| 1917 | 85 | #645 |
| 1916 | 68 | #734 |
| 1915 | 62 | #759 |
| 1914 | 53 | #712 |
| 1913 | 35 | #806 |
| 1912 | 32 | #765 |
| 1911 | 31 | #533 |
| 1910 | 29 | #524 |
| 1909 | 34 | #428 |
| 1908 | 23 | #522 |
| 1907 | 16 | #634 |
| 1906 | 28 | #411 |
| 1905 | 12 | #699 |
| 1904 | 22 | #452 |
| 1903 | 17 | #527 |
| 1902 | 21 | #460 |
| 1901 | 19 | #433 |
| 1900 | 22 | #490 |
| 1899 | 13 | #548 |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 20 | #422 |
| 1896 | 11 | #674 |
| 1895 | 16 | #501 |
| 1894 | 10 | #667 |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 10 | #687 |
| 1891 | 10 | #597 |
| 1890 | 18 | #424 |
| 1889 | 11 | #581 |
| 1888 | 11 | #609 |
| 1887 | 12 | #516 |
| 1886 | 7 | #758 |
| 1885 | 16 | #462 |
| 1884 | 9 | #663 |
| 1883 | 10 | #597 |
| 1882 | 8 | #691 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 11 | #571 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Pablo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pablo, updated 20 October 2026.