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Paolo

Boy's name · #2003 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Paolo is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1910, it stood at #2003 in 2025; about 3,700 boys have been named Paolo along the way.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#67 in Italy (2024) · #235 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #239 in France (2025) · #333 in Belgium (2025) · #661 in Switzerland (2025) · #729 in Ecuador (2025) · #829 in Ireland (2025) · #2,952 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,111 in Austria (2025) · #3,153 in Canada (2025) · #1,459 in Sweden (2024) · #739 in Poland (2020) and 3 more.

Famous Paolos

• Paolo Gentiloni — Italian politician (born 1954)
• Paolo Maldini — Italian footballer (born 1968)
• Paolo Veronese — Italian Renaissance painter (1528–1588)
• Paolo Rossi — Italian footballer (1956–2020)
• Paolo Uccello — Italian painter (1397–1475)
• Paolo Sorrentino — Italian film director and screenwriter (born 1970)
• Paolo Di Canio — Italian footballer and manager (born 1968)
• Paolo Nutini — Scottish singer, songwriter and musician (born 1987)
• Paolo Guerrero — Peruvian footballer (born 1984)
• Paolo Montero — Uruguayan footballer (born 1971)

In stories & tradition

• Paolo Orsini — Operatic character in the opera Rienzi by Richard Wagner; another patrician

What Paolos become

Among 3,641 notable people named Paolo:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.44× more often than among typical names — e.g. Paolo Ruffini, Italian mathematician and philosopher (1765–1822).

Similar names: Paul · Marcello · Pax · Kailo · Alexandre · Manolo

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