Paloma
Paloma is ranked 971st among girls in 2024 (267 births). Its best rank was 703rd, in 2010.
- Rank in 2024
- #971up 3 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2670.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 2009411 births
- Best rank
- #703in 2010
- Since 1921
- 10,416people given the name
The story in the numbers
10,416 girls have been named Paloma in the United States since 1921, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2009, with 411 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 871 → 971).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2008, and the 2010s alone account for 31%. It has spent 30 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2009, its biggest year
Paloma was the 706th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2009 were Isabella, Emma, Olivia, Sophia and Ava. See all of 2009.
Names that rose and fell with Paloma
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Annelisepeak 2011
- Kalliepeak 2014
- Joseypeak 2012
- Daniellapeak 2007
- Saraipeak 2007
- Fabianapeak 2007
- Amnapeak 2015
- Skyepeak 2014
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.