Paolo
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Italian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,992 for boys
Paolo is a boys' name of Italian origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 1,992nd for boys in the US (76 babies).
What does Paolo mean?
Italian
A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Paul.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Paolo a girl's or a boy's name?
Paolo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 76 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Paolo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Paolo, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 25 boys.
Half of all the boys named Paolo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Paolo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,507 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,608 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,406 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,622 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,170 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,180 |
| 2008 | 22 | #1,210 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,139 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,167 |
| 2005 | 22 | #1,063 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,110 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,272 |
| 2002 | 25 | #821 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 20 | #882 |
| 1999 | 21 | #836 |
| 1998 | 20 | #844 |
| 1997 | 16 | #973 |
| 1996 | 17 | #897 |
How popular is Paolo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,992nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 76 about 1 in 22,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 76 boys in the US were named Paolo, making it the 1,992nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,504th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 119 boys. It first appears in the records in 1910.
2025 had more boys named Paolo than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Paolo in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Paolo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | #1,992 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,444 |
| 2023 | 75 | #2,013 |
| 2022 | 70 | #2,116 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,192 |
| 2020 | 51 | #2,504 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,256 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,188 |
| 2017 | 61 | #2,185 |
| 2016 | 62 | #2,184 |
| 2015 | 57 | #2,299 |
| 2014 | 69 | #2,043 |
| 2013 | 56 | #2,277 |
| 2012 | 80 | #1,831 |
| 2011 | 73 | #1,904 |
| 2010 | 77 | #1,867 |
| 2009 | 104 | #1,561 |
| 2008 | 98 | #1,603 |
| 2007 | 119 | #1,380 |
| 2006 | 104 | #1,467 |
| 2005 | 102 | #1,441 |
| 2004 | 113 | #1,307 |
| 2003 | 95 | #1,398 |
| 2002 | 102 | #1,302 |
| 2001 | 87 | #1,425 |
| 2000 | 85 | #1,444 |
| 1999 | 84 | #1,392 |
| 1998 | 70 | #1,533 |
| 1997 | 59 | #1,669 |
| 1996 | 72 | #1,432 |
| 1995 | 64 | #1,486 |
| 1994 | 62 | #1,511 |
| 1993 | 55 | #1,615 |
| 1992 | 49 | #1,726 |
| 1991 | 69 | #1,353 |
| 1990 | 58 | #1,481 |
| 1989 | 63 | #1,377 |
| 1988 | 42 | #1,666 |
| 1987 | 38 | #1,732 |
| 1986 | 38 | #1,661 |
| 1985 | 61 | #1,213 |
| 1984 | 41 | #1,506 |
| 1983 | 57 | #1,205 |
| 1982 | 37 | #1,621 |
| 1981 | 41 | #1,499 |
| 1980 | 35 | #1,655 |
| 1979 | 31 | #1,788 |
| 1978 | 28 | #1,834 |
| 1977 | 41 | #1,431 |
| 1976 | 29 | #1,747 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,883 |
| 1974 | 32 | #1,546 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,268 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,262 |
| 1971 | 31 | #1,559 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,260 |
| 1969 | 31 | #1,440 |
| 1968 | 33 | #1,339 |
| 1967 | 26 | #1,506 |
| 1966 | 24 | #1,579 |
| 1965 | 23 | #1,624 |
| 1964 | 22 | #1,699 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1962 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
Names like Paolo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Perez, Luca, Marco, Pablo, Iago, Pedro, Cruz, Viggo, Rio, Jago, Neco, Marcus
Names related to Paolo
More Italian names
Aria, Sienna, Enzo, Bella, Kiara, Gemma, Ariyah, Milani, Ariya, Armani, Bianca, Siena, Ariah, Capri, Kara, Emiliana
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, “Paolo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/paolo, updated 20 October 2026.