Recorded 1950–2025 · United States
Paola was most popular in 2006, when 1,089 American babies were given the name — ranking #607 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,388, with 178 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 24,644 people named Paola.
Paola first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1950, which makes it about 75 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 72 of the 76 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 24,644 American births named Paola between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 24,299 are estimated to be alive today.
178 American babies were named Paola in 2025, ranking #2,388 that year.
Paola is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 236 births a year, against 470 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -50% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Paola is a girl’s name — 99.4% of the 24,644 Americans given it were girls and 0.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 24,299 Americans named Paola are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 23 years old, and half are between 17 and 30.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org