Paloma

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Paloma: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #667 in 2021, and it stood at #696 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#667highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1646
1997	#1287
1998	#2165
1999	#2444
2000	#1475
2001	#1617
2002	#1658
2003	#1472
2004	#2278
2005	#2970
2006	#2320
2007	#2233
2008	#1641
2009	#2148
2010	#1332
2011	#1665
2012	#1253
2013	#1148
2014	#1234
2015	#923
2016	#955
2017	#836
2018	#936
2019	#980
2020	#872
2021	#667
2022	#706
2023	#888
2024	#696

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2022: #706 among girls in England and Wales, #747 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1646 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #667 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #696 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Paloma appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 711 births with the name.

Paloma 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.

Paloma'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
England and Wales · Girls	#1646 (1996)	#667 (2021)	#696 (2024)	29 of 29	711 (1996–2024)	58 (2021)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#937 (2011)	#747 (2022)	#747 (2022)	3 of 12	10 (2011–2022)	4 (2022)

Paloma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Paloma in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	37	4 of 10	9
2000s	108	10 of 10	11
2010s	321	10 of 10	32
2020sbusiest	245	5 of 10	49

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 49 births a year.

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

Paloma 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #667 in England and Wales in 2021.

Paloma'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	female	#696	54	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#888	40	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#706	52	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#667	58	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#872	41	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#980	36	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#936	39	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#836	46	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#955	38	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#923	39	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1234	27	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1148	30	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1253	26	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1665	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1332	23	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1641	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1287	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1646	10	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #667, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 58 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 15 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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Lucien · #666, 29y
Jemimah · #664, 29y
Alisia · #663, 29y
Rahela · #663, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Lucien · #666, 29y
Amrita · #664, 29y
Jemimah · #664, 29y
Nancie · #670, 24y

Paloma was ranked #667 in England and Wales · Girls in 2021. 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.

Paloma 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 Paloma without appearing here.

Paloma moved ahead of

Jordan Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2148 and #1837 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1332 and #4012.
Tracy Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2148 and #2148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1332 and #4012.
Helene Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2970 and #2970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2320 and #4157.
Debra Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2444 and #2189 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1475 and #3247.

Moved ahead of Paloma

Audrey Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1287 and #1666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #2165 and #1319.
Alma Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1472 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2278 and #1535.
Ada Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1472 and #1628 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2278 and #1617.
Maja Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1287 and #2152 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #2165 and #1571.

Moved the opposite way to Paloma

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Paloma went from #1646 to #696 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Paloma went from #1646 to #696 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Paloma went from #1646 to #696 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Paloma went from #1646 to #696 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Paloma

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Paloma went from #1646 to #696 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Paloma went from #1646 to #696 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Paloma went from #1646 to #696 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Paloma went from #1646 to #696 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #667 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Paloma

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Paloma across 2 official records

Paloma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Paloma across 2 official records

Paloma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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