# Paulo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/paulo/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,031 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,031 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 244, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 91 | 1,665 |
| 2012 | 66 | 2,086 |
| 2013 | 74 | 1,910 |
| 2014 | 74 | 1,955 |
| 2015 | 67 | 2,102 |
| 2016 | 63 | 2,182 |
| 2017 | 71 | 2,012 |
| 2018 | 88 | 1,757 |
| 2019 | 68 | 2,125 |
| 2020 | 100 | 1,618 |
| 2021 | 85 | 1,833 |
| 2022 | 93 | 1,779 |
| 2023 | 111 | 1,572 |
| 2024 | 107 | 1,606 |
| 2025 | 110 | 1,559 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 9 | 2,126 |
| 2010 | 9 | 2,199 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1,723 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Paulo

- Paulo Coelho, Brazilian lyricist and novelist (born 1947)
- Paulo Dybala, Argentine association football player (born 1993)
- Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator and philosopher (1921–1997)
- Paulo Wanchope, Costa Rican association football player
- Paulo Silas, Brazilian association football player
- Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Brazilian architect (1928–2021)
- Paulo Gazzaniga, Argentine association football player
- Paulo Sérgio, Brazilian association football player
- Paulo Autuori, Brazilian association football manager
- Paulo César Caju, Brazilian footballer (born 1949)
- Paulo Costanzo, Canadian actor
- Paulo Londra, Argentinian rapper and singer

## 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.