Paola
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Italian
- US rank, 2025
- #1,258 for girls
Paola is a girls' name of Italian origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,258th for girls in the US (178 babies).
What does Paola mean?
Italian
A female given name from Italian.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Paola a girl's or a boy's name?
Paola is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 178 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Paola in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Paola in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Paola in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Paola in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,258th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 178 about 1 in 9,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 178 girls in the US were named Paola, making it the 1,258th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 953rd. Its busiest year was 2006, with 1,089 girls. It first appears in the records in 1950.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Paola than any year since 1984.
Half of all the girls named Paola in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Paola in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 178 | #1,258 |
| 2024 | 230 | #1,077 |
| 2023 | 231 | #1,073 |
| 2022 | 269 | #984 |
| 2021 | 270 | #962 |
| 2020 | 268 | #953 |
| 2019 | 283 | #933 |
| 2018 | 275 | #960 |
| 2017 | 331 | #823 |
| 2016 | 338 | #842 |
| 2015 | 383 | #736 |
| 2014 | 418 | #680 |
| 2013 | 424 | #672 |
| 2012 | 507 | #579 |
| 2011 | 620 | #480 |
| 2010 | 680 | #454 |
| 2009 | 853 | #382 |
| 2008 | 954 | #350 |
| 2007 | 1,021 | #328 |
| 2006 | 1,089 | #302 |
| 2005 | 1,041 | #309 |
| 2004 | 936 | #342 |
| 2003 | 952 | #329 |
| 2002 | 1,000 | #310 |
| 2001 | 1,040 | #307 |
| 2000 | 991 | #320 |
| 1999 | 1,027 | #300 |
| 1998 | 812 | #354 |
| 1997 | 656 | #398 |
| 1996 | 701 | #379 |
| 1995 | 921 | #302 |
| 1994 | 747 | #353 |
| 1993 | 402 | #584 |
| 1992 | 500 | #490 |
| 1991 | 285 | #728 |
| 1990 | 326 | #663 |
| 1989 | 256 | #761 |
| 1988 | 210 | #852 |
| 1987 | 193 | #878 |
| 1986 | 187 | #885 |
| 1985 | 180 | #886 |
| 1984 | 160 | #927 |
| 1983 | 163 | #917 |
| 1982 | 102 | #1,262 |
| 1981 | 123 | #1,122 |
| 1980 | 83 | #1,460 |
| 1979 | 99 | #1,283 |
| 1978 | 101 | #1,231 |
| 1977 | 81 | #1,380 |
| 1976 | 61 | #1,619 |
| 1975 | 63 | #1,571 |
| 1974 | 44 | #1,937 |
| 1973 | 37 | #2,127 |
| 1972 | 44 | #1,890 |
| 1971 | 53 | #1,709 |
| 1970 | 36 | #2,203 |
| 1969 | 35 | #2,134 |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,630 |
| 1967 | 35 | #1,980 |
| 1966 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1965 | 26 | #2,344 |
| 1964 | 18 | #2,999 |
| 1963 | 20 | #2,779 |
| 1962 | 16 | #3,160 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,687 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,084 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
Names like Paola
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aria, Sienna, Ariana, Chiara, Amara, Alora, Piper, Lara, Mia, Esme, Kiara, Paloma
Names related to Paola
More Italian names
Enzo, Bella, Gemma, Ariyah, Milani, Ariya, Armani, Bianca, Siena, Ariah, Capri, Kara, Emiliana, Jemma, Alfredo, Nella
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, “Paola: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/paola, updated 20 October 2026.