The first name Paloma
A girl’s name.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
From Spanish Paloma.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 73 girls were named Paloma, making it the 542nd most popular girls’ name.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Paloma with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Paloma at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 343 girls born in the United States were named Paloma, the 793rd most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2009, when 411 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Paloma in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Spelled Paloma in Portuguese too.
Famous people named Paloma
12 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Paloma FaithBritish singer, born 1981
- Paloma Ruiz PicassoFrench/Spanish fashion designer and businesswoman, born 1949
- Paloma CostaBrazilian socioenvironmentalist, cycling activist, climate educator and youth mobiliser, born 1992
- Paloma BaezaBritish actress, director, born 1975
- Paloma KwiatkowskiCanadian actress, born 1994
- Paloma HerreraBallet dancer, born 1975
- Paloma BloydAmerican-Spanish actress, born 1988
- Paloma BernardiBrazilian actress, born 1985
- Paloma ElsesserAmerican plus size fashion model, born 1992
- Paloma LázaroAssociation footballer, born 1993
- Paloma CorderoFirst Lady of Mexico, 1937–2020
- Palomma DuarteBrazilian actress, born 1977
Questions
- What does the name Paloma mean?
- From Spanish Paloma.
- How popular is the name Paloma?
- In 2025, 73 girls born in England and Wales were named Paloma, ranking 542nd.
- Is Paloma a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 10,765 US babies named Paloma since 1880 were girls.
- When was Paloma most popular?
- 2009 in the United States, when 411 babies were named Paloma, its highest rank at 706th.