How Many People Are Named Paloma?
people named Paloma are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 32,164 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,765 babies named Paloma in Social Security records from 1921 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
411 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "dove, pigeon" in Spanish.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Paloma in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Paloma alive today is about 18 years old, and 83% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 25 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Paloma first appears in the records in 1921 and was given most often in 2009, to 411 babies. In 2025, 343 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1921 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Paloma has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #703, in 2010. In 2025 it ranked #793.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #793 |
| Best rank | #703 (2010) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #857 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Paloma alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Paloma were born in California than in any other state: about 3,236 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Paloma was given 2.6 times as often in California, 2.3 times in Arizona and 2.1 times in Texas.
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