Paola — #1080 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Paola

The Social Security Administration has registered 24,314 babies named Paola between 1950 and 2024, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Paola currently holds the #1080 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 1,089 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Paola performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 9,877 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Paola shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7,679 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Paola in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Paola 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 24,314 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.