# Paola (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/paola/  
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 | Italian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 24,644 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 148 / 24,496 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 139, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Paola.

## 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 | 620 | 481 |
| 2012 | 507 | 580 |
| 2013 | 424 | 672 |
| 2014 | 418 | 680 |
| 2015 | 383 | 738 |
| 2016 | 338 | 843 |
| 2017 | 331 | 824 |
| 2018 | 275 | 963 |
| 2019 | 283 | 935 |
| 2020 | 268 | 956 |
| 2021 | 270 | 964 |
| 2022 | 269 | 985 |
| 2023 | 231 | 1,074 |
| 2024 | 230 | 1,081 |
| 2025 | 178 | 1,260 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 5 | 8,189 |
| 1989 | 11 | 4,731 |
| 1990 | 10 | 5,275 |
| 1991 | 9 | 5,816 |
| 1992 | 5 | 9,438 |
| 1993 | 7 | 7,404 |
| 1994 | 11 | 5,358 |
| 1995 | 13 | 4,718 |
| 1998 | 7 | 8,218 |
| 1999 | 10 | 6,387 |
| 2000 | 7 | 8,881 |
| 2001 | 8 | 8,112 |
| 2002 | 10 | 6,917 |
| 2003 | 7 | 9,357 |
| 2007 | 7 | 10,602 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | 3,422 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,888 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |

## People named Paola

- Paola Suárez, Argentine tennis player
- Paola Rey, Colombian actress and model
- Paola Vukojicic, field hockey player
- Paola Cardullo, Female volleyball player from Italy
- Paola Andino, American actress
- Paola Turbay, Colombian actress, beauty queen, and presenter
- Paola Brumana, association football player
- Paola Muñoz, Chilean racing cyclist
- Paola Pérez, Ecuadorian athletics competitor
- Lady Paola Windsor, European noble
- Paola Krum, Argentine actress
- Paolla Oliveira, 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.