Paulo is an uncommon variant of Paul that peaked in 2006 and remains in steady use.
Paulo is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,559 for boy births in the United States (and #3,329 across all names), given to 110 babies — 137 including U.S. territories. Paulo first appears in 1913 and peaked in 2006 (122 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 110 | 137 | #1,559 |
| 2024 | 107 | 137 | #1,606 |
| 2023 | 111 | 132 | #1,572 |
| 2022 | 93 | 108 | #1,779 |
| 2021 | 85 | 107 | #1,833 |
| 2020 | 100 | 111 | #1,618 |
| 2019 | 68 | 68 | #2,125 |
| 2018 | 88 | 88 | #1,757 |
| 2017 | 71 | 78 | #2,012 |
| 2016 | 63 | 63 | #2,182 |
| 2015 | 67 | 73 | #2,102 |
| 2014 | 74 | 74 | #1,955 |
| 2013 | 74 | 80 | #1,910 |
| 2012 | 66 | 66 | #2,086 |
| 2011 | 91 | 91 | #1,665 |
| 2010 | 72 | 72 | #1,951 |
| 2009 | 85 | 90 | #1,785 |
| 2008 | 90 | 96 | #1,704 |
| 2007 | 90 | 90 | #1,694 |
| 2006 | 122 | 129 | #1,344 |
| 2005 | 121 | 126 | #1,281 |
| 2004 | 89 | 89 | #1,513 |
| 2003 | 88 | 93 | #1,488 |
| 2002 | 90 | 90 | #1,440 |
| 2001 | 77 | 77 | #1,571 |
| 2000 | 69 | 69 | #1,679 |
| 1999 | 66 | 66 | #1,638 |
| 1998 | 74 | 74 | #1,497 |
| 1997 | 62 | — | #1,641 |
| 1996 | 61 | — | #1,608 |
| 1995 | 81 | — | #1,310 |
| 1994 | 58 | — | #1,598 |
| 1993 | 55 | — | #1,634 |
| 1992 | 57 | — | #1,563 |
| 1991 | 77 | — | #1,277 |
| 1990 | 58 | — | #1,496 |
| 1989 | 55 | — | #1,510 |
| 1988 | 45 | — | #1,611 |
| 1987 | 57 | — | #1,312 |
| 1986 | 49 | — | #1,429 |
| 1985 | 61 | — | #1,225 |
| 1984 | 62 | — | #1,163 |
| 1983 | 64 | — | #1,124 |
| 1982 | 72 | — | #1,079 |
| 1981 | 83 | — | #1,000 |
| 1980 | 79 | — | #1,020 |
| 1979 | 84 | — | #972 |
| 1978 | 75 | — | #1,003 |
| 1977 | 61 | — | #1,118 |
| 1976 | 78 | — | #945 |
| 1975 | 68 | — | #999 |
| 1974 | 65 | — | #1,024 |
| 1973 | 75 | — | #935 |
| 1972 | 60 | — | #1,045 |
| 1971 | 72 | — | #962 |
| 1970 | 51 | — | #1,164 |
| 1969 | 35 | — | #1,373 |
| 1968 | 28 | — | #1,499 |
| 1967 | 29 | — | #1,437 |
| 1966 | 26 | — | #1,535 |
| 1965 | 19 | — | #1,845 |
| 1964 | 26 | — | #1,566 |
| 1963 | 18 | — | #1,945 |
| 1962 | 23 | — | #1,702 |
| 1961 | 11 | — | #2,659 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | #3,025 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | #3,510 |
| 1958 | 13 | — | #2,338 |
| 1957 | 11 | — | #2,603 |
| 1956 | 10 | — | #2,748 |
| 1955 | 16 | — | #2,028 |
| 1954 | 15 | — | #2,095 |
| 1953 | 10 | — | #2,670 |
| 1952 | 11 | — | #2,469 |
| 1951 | 15 | — | #2,026 |
| 1950 | 13 | — | #2,179 |
| 1949 | 24 | — | #1,536 |
| 1948 | 20 | — | #1,696 |
| 1947 | 13 | — | #2,227 |
| 1946 | 9 | — | #2,653 |
| 1945 | 10 | — | #2,356 |
| 1944 | 15 | — | #1,865 |
| 1943 | 11 | — | #2,371 |
| 1942 | 10 | — | #2,487 |
| 1941 | 18 | — | #1,672 |
| 1940 | 9 | — | #2,626 |
| 1939 | 10 | — | #2,408 |
| 1938 | 12 | — | #2,156 |
| 1937 | 15 | — | #1,896 |
| 1936 | 11 | — | #2,263 |
| 1935 | 12 | — | #2,216 |
| 1934 | 18 | — | #1,718 |
| 1933 | 11 | — | #2,330 |
| 1932 | 14 | — | #2,069 |
| 1931 | 17 | — | #1,823 |
| 1930 | 20 | — | #1,684 |
| 1929 | 21 | — | #1,661 |
| 1928 | 8 | — | #3,294 |
| 1927 | 20 | — | #1,783 |
| 1926 | 10 | — | #2,861 |
| 1925 | 15 | — | #2,160 |
| 1924 | 16 | — | #2,113 |
| 1923 | 18 | — | #1,926 |
| 1922 | 17 | — | #2,015 |
| 1921 | 15 | — | #2,240 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | #4,166 |
| 1918 | 8 | — | #3,300 |
| 1917 | 9 | — | #2,894 |
| 1916 | 6 | — | #3,794 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | #4,257 |
| 1913 | 7 | — | #2,440 |