boys:
4.8k births since 1913
#1730 (62nd percentile)
overall:
4.8k births since 1913
#3929 (49th percentile)
The name Paulo is the #3,929 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,812 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 49.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 49.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,730 (62.3% percentile) for all time with 4,812 births since 1913.
Paulo first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (first recorded for boys in 1913). Birth data for Paulo is available in 109 out of the 111 years between 1913 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 boys, Paulo reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 13.4% percentile (ranked #758) with 56 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 60 births per million (ranked 11.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Paulo is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #807 (11.4% percentile) with 60 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Paulo".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Paulo. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.0% confident that Paulo is pronounced as POW-loh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is PAW-loh, at 35.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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