Pablo — #406 US boys' name
49,617 babies named Pablo in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 97% of names given to boys today.
21% of everyone ever named Pablo was born in this single decade.
1,174 babies were named Pablo in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Pablo
The Social Security Administration has registered 49,617 babies named Pablo between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pablo currently holds the #406 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 1,174 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Pablo performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 10,482 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Pablo shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 14,316 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Pablo in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Pablo in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 49,617 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Pablo at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Pablo popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2006)
- 1,174
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #406 among boys.
49,617 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 1,174 births in a single year.
Pablo popularity over time — girls
69 total births recorded since 1932 (Pablo as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Pablo accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Pablo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 10,482 births that decade — 21% of Pablo's all-time total
Pablo decade highlights
- Peak decade 10,482 births
- Runner-up 8,000 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Pablo's strongest decade
10,482 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Pablo by state
Where Pablo concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 14,316 | 28.9% |
| #2 | California | | 12,858 | 25.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 3,330 | 6.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 2,403 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 1,947 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 1,824 | 3.7% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 1,108 | 2.2% |
| #8 | New Mexico | | 1,021 | 2.1% |
14,316 of 49,617 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 28.9% of nationwide
- California 25.9% of nationwide
- New York 6.7% of nationwide
- Florida 4.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 43 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 28.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Pablo appears in 43 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.