Paola
- #1,258 for girls in 2025, 178 births
- Last seen for boys in 2007 at #9,788
- Given to girls 99.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1999 · 1,027 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 24,496since 1950
Paola over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Paola has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,258 | 178 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,077 | 230 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,073 | 231 | — | |
| 2022 | #984 | 269 | — | |
| 2021 | #962 | 270 | — | |
| 2020 | #953 | 268 | — | |
| 2019 | #933 | 283 | — | |
| 2018 | #960 | 275 | — | |
| 2017 | #823 | 331 | — | |
| 2016 | #842 | 338 | — | |
| 2015 | #736 | 383 | — | |
| 2014 | #680 | 418 | — | |
| 2013 | #672 | 424 | — | |
| 2012 | #579 | 507 | — | |
| 2011 | #480 | 620 | — | |
| 2010 | #454 | 680 | — | |
| 2009 | #382 | 853 | — | |
| 2008 | #350 | 954 | — | |
| 2007 | #328 | 1,021 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #302 | 1,089 | — | |
| 2005 | #309 | 1,041 | — | |
| 2004 | #342 | 936 | — | |
| 2003 | #329 | 952 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #310 | 1,000 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #307 | 1,040 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #320 | 991 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #300 | 1,027 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #354 | 812 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #398 | 656 | — | |
| 1996 | #379 | 701 | — | |
| 1995 | #302 | 921 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #353 | 747 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #584 | 402 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #490 | 500 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #728 | 285 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #664 | 326 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #762 | 256 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #852 | 210 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #878 | 193 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #885 | 187 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #886 | 180 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #927 | 160 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #917 | 163 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,262 | 102 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,122 | 123 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,460 | 83 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,283 | 99 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,231 | 101 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,380 | 81 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,619 | 61 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,571 | 63 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,937 | 44 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,127 | 37 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,890 | 44 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,709 | 53 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,203 | 36 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,134 | 35 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,630 | 23 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,980 | 35 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,839 | 19 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,345 | 26 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,000 | 18 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,780 | 20 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 | — | |
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| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
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| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | — | |
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| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1950
The first year at least five girls were named Paola! It came in at #5,301, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1950–1951, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Paola is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Florida#571 · 1 in 2,799
- Kentucky#744 · 1 in 3,450
- Texas#762 · 1 in 4,116
- California#855 · 1 in 4,757
- Illinois#1,014 · 1 in 5,541
Best ever in a state: #117 in District of Columbia, 2006.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | #571 | 31 | 1 in 2,799 |
| Kentucky | #744 | 5 | 1 in 3,450 |
| Texas | #762 | 39 | 1 in 4,116 |
| California | #855 | 34 | 1 in 4,757 |
| Illinois | #1,014 | 8 | 1 in 5,541 |
| Arizona | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 5,644 |
| New York | #1,165 | 12 | 1 in 6,527 |
| North Carolina | #1,437 | 5 | 1 in 9,297 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Paola
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 305 spots since 2020 (#953 → #1,258)
- Biggest jump: 345 spots in 1983
- Biggest drop: 137 spots in 2018
Rise & fade · girls
49 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1999 at #300 (1,027 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 40 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1983–2022
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,727
- Highest: 1 in 1,727 girls born in 1999 were named Paola (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,030 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 40.3% of all girls named Paola (9,877) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 44 | #3,085 (1958) | #4,903 |
| 1960s | 217 | #1,980 (1967) | #2,817 |
| 1970s | 619 | #1,231 (1978) | #1,695 |
| 1980s | 1,657 | #762 (1989) | #995 |
| 1990s | 6,377 | #300 (1999) | #455 |
| 2000s | 9,877 | #302 (2006) | #328 |
| 2010s | 4,259 | #454 (2010) | #716 |
| 2020s | 1,446 | #953 (2020) | #1,051 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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