Paulino
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- pow-LEE-noh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Paulino is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “small”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Paulino mean?
Latin: Spanish and Portuguese form of Paulinus, from Paulus
“small”
Saint Paulinus of Nola was a Roman senator who became a bishop and Christian poet around AD 400.
Is Paulino a girl's or a boy's name?
Paulino is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Paulino in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Paulino, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
2025 had fewer boys named Paulino than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Paulino in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Paulino in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,684 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 36 | #2,725 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 35 | #2,676 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,014 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,746 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 37 | #2,173 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 30 | #2,449 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,462 |
| 1991 | 26 | #2,600 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,286 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,504 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 28 | #2,055 |
| 1985 | 25 | #2,170 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,203 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,909 |
| 1976 | 22 | #2,112 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,204 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 21 | #1,981 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,158 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 21 | #1,938 |
| 1969 | 22 | #1,766 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1963 | 13 | #2,299 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,116 |
| 1961 | 14 | #2,241 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 13 | #2,218 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,286 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,110 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,573 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,522 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,207 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,587 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,757 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,522 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,229 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,309 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
Names like Paulino
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Francisco, Pablo, Lorenzo, Camilo, Marcelo, Maximo, Luciano, Sergio, Santino, Vincenzo, Gustavo, Adrian
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from 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, “Paulino: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/paulino, updated 20 October 2026.