Paolo

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Paolo: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Paolo: Recorded since 1982, with a gap of 13 years, its highest recorded position is #330, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
44years from first to last
#330highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Paolo's record

Absent from every published list for 13 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#898
1997	#1010
1998	#850
1999	#869
2000	#918
2001	#1467
2002	#753
2003	#1188
2004	#1038
2005	#1014
2006	#1168
2007	#1079
2008	#1156
2009	#1218
2010	#1144
2011	#1522
2012	#1589
2013	#1706
2014	#1370
2015	#2020
2016	#2175
2017	#1923
2018	#1875
2019	#1745
2020	#2960
2021	#3451
2022	#3048
2023	#1461
2024	#4270

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 2 of the 44 years from 1982 to 2025.

In 2009: #390 among boys in Northern Ireland, #1218 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1982–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1982
First recorded at #330 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1982 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1982–2025
Highest recorded position: #330 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1982 (recorded 1982–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Paolo appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 432 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1982.

Paolo across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Paolo's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#330 (1982)	#330 (1982)	#829 (2025)	2 of 44	6 (1982–2025)	3 (1982)
England and Wales · Boys	#898 (1996)	#753 (2002)	#4270 (2024)	29 of 29	432 (1996–2024)	25 (2002)

Paolo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Paolo in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	66	4 of 10	17
2000sbusiest	186	10 of 10	19
2010s	142	10 of 10	14
2020s	38	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Paolo appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1982 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #330 in Republic of Ireland in 1982.

Paolo's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1461	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1923	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1370	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1706	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1589	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1522	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1144	23	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1218	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1156	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1079	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1168	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1014	21	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1038	19	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1188	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#753	25	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#918	17	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#869	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#850	18	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1010	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#898	16	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1982 and 2025, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #330, first reached in 1982.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2002.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 13 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 27 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Papa · #1746, 22y
Paraic · #164, 49y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Savanna · #330, 29y
Ami · #331, 31y
Jaydan · #329, 28y
Yazmin · #331, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Fenton · #330, 29y
Ami · #331, 31y
Danika · #329, 37y
Laragh · #336, 27y

Paolo was ranked #330 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1982. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Paolo and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Paolo without appearing here.

Paolo moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3451 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #4991.
Brent Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1078 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #753 and #1322.
Graeme Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1010 and #874 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #850 and #1367.

Moved ahead of Paolo

Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1461 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #1460.
Andrea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1461 and #2007 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #1859.
Lars Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1461 and #2160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #1859.
Henrik Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1461 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #2088.

Moved the opposite way to Paolo

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Paolo went from #898 to #4270 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Paolo went from #898 to #4270 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Paolo went from #898 to #4270 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Paolo went from #898 to #4270 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Paolo

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Paolo went from #898 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Paolo went from #898 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Paolo went from #898 to #4270 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Paolo went from #898 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1982 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #330 in Republic of Ireland in 1982. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Paolo

Paolo at a glance

What stands out in Paolo's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Paolo across 2 official records

Paolo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Paolo appears in

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Paolo at a glance

What stands out in Paolo's record

Paolo across 2 official records

Paolo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Paolo appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Paolo

Paolo and the names beside it

Paolo moved ahead of

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