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How popular is the name Paola?
Births per year, rank history and how many Paolas are alive today.
Paola (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 3696th in 2024 and given to 6 babies. The name peaked in 2003, when 8 babies were given the name, the 2191st most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2019, with 8 babies given the name that year.
The Paola you are most likely to meet is around 3 years old - or else around 18: the name has two living generations. Half of all Paolas born in England and Wales are between 8 and 26, and there are at least 160 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Paola - on average, only one in every 1,969 such rooms contains a Paola.
How many babies are named Paola each year?
Where does Paola rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Paola most popular?
Paola peaked in 2003, when 8 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Paola?
At least 160 people named Paola born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Paola?
Most living Paolas are between 8 and 26; the most common age is about 3. There is a second cluster around 18.
Is Paola becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.