# Paloma (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/paloma/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,765 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 10,765 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 784, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Spanish Paloma.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 317 | 834 |
| 2012 | 346 | 788 |
| 2013 | 359 | 759 |
| 2014 | 314 | 871 |
| 2015 | 306 | 903 |
| 2016 | 290 | 946 |
| 2017 | 303 | 892 |
| 2018 | 298 | 904 |
| 2019 | 290 | 915 |
| 2020 | 274 | 940 |
| 2021 | 309 | 883 |
| 2022 | 281 | 957 |
| 2023 | 266 | 972 |
| 2024 | 268 | 969 |
| 2025 | 343 | 793 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 1,665 |
| 2012 | 26 | 1,253 |
| 2013 | 30 | 1,148 |
| 2014 | 27 | 1,234 |
| 2015 | 39 | 923 |
| 2016 | 38 | 955 |
| 2017 | 46 | 836 |
| 2018 | 39 | 936 |
| 2019 | 36 | 980 |
| 2020 | 41 | 872 |
| 2021 | 58 | 667 |
| 2022 | 52 | 706 |
| 2023 | 40 | 888 |
| 2024 | 54 | 696 |
| 2025 | 73 | 542 |

## In other languages

- Portuguese: Paloma

## People named Paloma

- Paloma Faith, British singer
- Paloma Ruiz Picasso, French/Spanish fashion designer and businesswoman
- Paloma Costa, Brazilian socioenvironmentalist, cycling activist, climate educator and youth mobiliser
- Paloma Baeza, British actress, director
- Paloma Kwiatkowski, Canadian actress
- Paloma Herrera, ballet dancer
- Paloma Bloyd, American-Spanish actress
- Paloma Bernardi, Brazilian actress
- Paloma Elsesser, American plus size fashion model
- Paloma Lázaro, Association footballer
- Paloma Cordero, First Lady of Mexico
- Palomma Duarte, Brazilian actress

## 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.