Paolo is an uncommon variant of Paul that peaked in 2007 and has grown less common since.
Paolo is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,003 for boy births in the United States (and #4,270 across all names), given to 76 babies — 83 including U.S. territories. Paolo first appears in 1910 and peaked in 2007 (119 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | 83 | #2,003 |
| 2024 | 56 | 62 | #2,464 |
| 2023 | 75 | 85 | #2,025 |
| 2022 | 70 | 70 | #2,127 |
| 2021 | 64 | 72 | #2,213 |
| 2020 | 51 | 59 | #2,534 |
| 2019 | 35 | 35 | #3,320 |
| 2018 | 63 | 63 | #2,204 |
| 2017 | 61 | 61 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 62 | 62 | #2,200 |
| 2015 | 57 | 57 | #2,321 |
| 2014 | 69 | 69 | #2,055 |
| 2013 | 56 | 56 | #2,297 |
| 2012 | 80 | 80 | #1,843 |
| 2011 | 73 | 73 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 77 | 77 | #1,877 |
| 2009 | 104 | 104 | #1,572 |
| 2008 | 98 | 98 | #1,608 |
| 2007 | 119 | 119 | #1,383 |
| 2006 | 104 | 104 | #1,478 |
| 2005 | 102 | 102 | #1,450 |
| 2004 | 113 | 113 | #1,315 |
| 2003 | 95 | 95 | #1,408 |
| 2002 | 102 | 102 | #1,314 |
| 2001 | 87 | 87 | #1,439 |
| 2000 | 85 | 85 | #1,460 |
| 1999 | 84 | 84 | #1,404 |
| 1998 | 70 | 70 | #1,543 |
| 1997 | 59 | — | #1,688 |
| 1996 | 72 | — | #1,440 |
| 1995 | 64 | — | #1,505 |
| 1994 | 62 | — | #1,527 |
| 1993 | 55 | — | #1,633 |
| 1992 | 49 | — | #1,743 |
| 1991 | 69 | — | #1,366 |
| 1990 | 58 | — | #1,495 |
| 1989 | 63 | — | #1,389 |
| 1988 | 42 | — | #1,697 |
| 1987 | 38 | — | #1,749 |
| 1986 | 38 | — | #1,683 |
| 1985 | 61 | — | #1,224 |
| 1984 | 41 | — | #1,522 |
| 1983 | 57 | — | #1,216 |
| 1982 | 37 | — | #1,641 |
| 1981 | 41 | — | #1,515 |
| 1980 | 35 | — | #1,684 |
| 1979 | 31 | — | #1,822 |
| 1978 | 28 | — | #1,858 |
| 1977 | 41 | — | #1,444 |
| 1976 | 29 | — | #1,773 |
| 1975 | 25 | — | #1,931 |
| 1974 | 32 | — | #1,573 |
| 1973 | 42 | — | #1,287 |
| 1972 | 43 | — | #1,279 |
| 1971 | 31 | — | #1,588 |
| 1970 | 43 | — | #1,272 |
| 1969 | 31 | — | #1,459 |
| 1968 | 33 | — | #1,357 |
| 1967 | 26 | — | #1,532 |
| 1966 | 24 | — | #1,605 |
| 1965 | 23 | — | #1,659 |
| 1964 | 22 | — | #1,722 |
| 1963 | 17 | — | #2,023 |
| 1962 | 17 | — | #2,013 |
| 1961 | 15 | — | #2,213 |
| 1960 | 10 | — | #2,815 |
| 1959 | 9 | — | #2,983 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | #3,827 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #4,075 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | #4,800 |
| 1921 | 5 | — | #4,815 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | #4,162 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | #3,622 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | #1,785 |