# Paco (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/paco/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 324 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 324 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Paco, diminutive of Spanish Francisco. See also Spanish Pancho.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 18 | 5,155 |
| 2008 | 10 | 8,135 |
| 2009 | 5 | 13,954 |
| 2010 | 10 | 7,975 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11,891 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10,475 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,592 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,438 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,544 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10,442 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13,736 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,519 |
| 2021 | 7 | 10,514 |
| 2023 | 5 | 13,644 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,645 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Paco

- Paco Rassat, French alpine skier
- Paco Sery, drummer, composer, badnleader
- Paco Moncayo, Ecuadorian politician and general

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.