girls:
10.1k births since 1921
#1580 (72nd percentile)
overall:
10.1k births since 1921
#2649 (66th percentile)
The name Paloma is the #2,649 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,146 recorded births since 1921. This represents the 65.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 65.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,580 (72.4% percentile) for all time with 10,146 births since 1921.
Paloma first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1921 (first recorded for girls in 1921). Birth data for Paloma is available in 56 out of the 103 years between 1921 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Paloma reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 39.7% percentile (ranked #570) with 208 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 208 births per million (ranked 39.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Paloma ranks #694 for girls (26.7% percentile) with 150 births per million, which is 72.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Paloma".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Paloma. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.9% confident that Paloma is pronounced as puh-LOH-muh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is pah-LOH-muh, at 17.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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