Paloma
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- pa-LOH-ma
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #561 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #792 for girls
Paloma is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “dove”. In 2025 it ranked 561st for girls in the UK (76 babies) and 792nd for girls in the US (343 babies).
What does Paloma mean?
Spanish
“dove”
The Spanish word for dove, a traditional symbol of peace and of the Holy Spirit.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Paloma a girl's or a boy's name?
Paloma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 76 girls in the UK and 343 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Paloma in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 561st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 76 about 1 in 3,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 76 girls in the UK were named Paloma, making it the 561st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 892nd.
2025 had the most girls named Paloma of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Paloma in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 542nd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Paloma in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | #561 |
| 2024 | 54 | #749 |
| 2023 | 43 | #892 |
| 2022 | 52 | #757 |
| 2021 | 59 | #698 |
| 2020 | 43 | #892 |
| 2019 | 38 | #1,004 |
| 2018 | 40 | #978 |
| 2017 | 46 | #897 |
| 2016 | 39 | #999 |
| 2015 | 40 | #979 |
| 2014 | 29 | #1,235 |
| 2013 | 30 | #1,218 |
| 2012 | 28 | #1,259 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,696 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,418 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,564 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,387 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,621 |
How popular is Paloma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 792nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 343 about 1 in 4,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 343 girls in the US were named Paloma, making it the 792nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 937th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 411 girls. It first appears in the records in 1921.
2025 had more girls named Paloma than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Paloma in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Paloma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 343 | #792 |
| 2024 | 268 | #968 |
| 2023 | 266 | #971 |
| 2022 | 281 | #955 |
| 2021 | 309 | #881 |
| 2020 | 274 | #937 |
| 2019 | 290 | #912 |
| 2018 | 298 | #903 |
| 2017 | 303 | #890 |
| 2016 | 290 | #944 |
| 2015 | 306 | #901 |
| 2014 | 314 | #870 |
| 2013 | 359 | #755 |
| 2012 | 346 | #788 |
| 2011 | 317 | #833 |
| 2010 | 407 | #700 |
| 2009 | 411 | #705 |
| 2008 | 377 | #778 |
| 2007 | 329 | #857 |
| 2006 | 317 | #847 |
| 2005 | 303 | #837 |
| 2004 | 289 | #850 |
| 2003 | 281 | #859 |
| 2002 | 241 | #931 |
| 2001 | 272 | #841 |
| 2000 | 245 | #894 |
| 1999 | 203 | #1,008 |
| 1998 | 207 | #974 |
| 1997 | 217 | #919 |
| 1996 | 201 | #956 |
| 1995 | 184 | #1,004 |
| 1994 | 194 | #955 |
| 1993 | 188 | #981 |
| 1992 | 186 | #1,008 |
| 1991 | 159 | #1,114 |
| 1990 | 138 | #1,215 |
| 1989 | 118 | #1,319 |
| 1988 | 89 | #1,512 |
| 1987 | 71 | #1,698 |
| 1986 | 91 | #1,405 |
| 1985 | 60 | #1,855 |
| 1984 | 84 | #1,388 |
| 1983 | 55 | #1,886 |
| 1982 | 58 | #1,850 |
| 1981 | 42 | #2,342 |
| 1980 | 31 | #2,866 |
| 1979 | 30 | #2,860 |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,098 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,175 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
Names like Paloma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amara, Aria, Alora, Sienna, Ariana, Eliana, Amaya, Fatima, Athena, Syeda, Aisha, Anaya
Names related to Paloma
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra
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, “Paloma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/paloma, updated 20 October 2026.