How popular is the name Paloma?

Paloma ranks 1,362nd among girls' names in US records, with 10,531 births since 1921. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,881.

Is Paloma a unisex name?

No. Paloma is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2009, when 411 children were given the name. It has been in use for 104 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#1,362 of girl names

Pronounced P AA0 L OW1 M AH0 (ARPABET)

Paloma is a girls' name, and first appears in 1921. It has been given to 10,531 children — the 1,362nd most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2009, when 411 children were given it.

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Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Paloma?: Paloma ranks 1,362nd among girls' names in US records, with 10,531 births since 1921. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,881.
Is Paloma a unisex name?: No. Paloma is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Paloma most popular?: 2009, when 411 children were given the name. It has been in use for 104 years and is still recorded as of 2024.