Paulo — #1598 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Paulo

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,921 babies named Paulo between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Paulo currently holds the #1598 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 122 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Paulo performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 921 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Paulo shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,198 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Paulo in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Paulo 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 4,921 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.