Pablo

A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning small; a form of Paul.

Babies a year
696
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#430
down from #406
UK popularity
#1226
23 babies

How Pablo has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#339#411#482201520202025#430

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#394
2016#402
2017#444
2018#419
2019#396
2020#385
2021#403
2022#413
2023#377
2024#406
2025#430

Pablo by the numbers

In 2025, 23 babies in England and Wales were named Pablo. In the US, 696 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 1,173 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

At its height, in 2005, about 1 in 1,800 American boys born that year was called Pablo.

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Pablo as a share of American boys born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Other names that come from Paul

Like Pablo, each of these traces back to Paul: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Paulsmall or humble1,684 in the US (2017)
  • Paulinesmall; feminine form of Paul60 in the US (2017)
  • Pavelsmall or humble; form of Paul15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Paulinosmall, humble; a form of Paul22 in the US (2017)
  • Jeanpaulgod is gracious and small; a compound of Jean and Paul11 in the US (2017)
  • John-PaulGod is gracious and small; combination of John and Paul10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Polsmall; a diminutive of Paul5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Roman-Paulroman; small; a compound name; form of Roman and Paul3 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Pablo. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Paulosmall; Portuguese form of Paul71 in the US (2017)
  • Paolosmall; Italian form of Paul60 in the US (2017)
  • Pavlesmall or humble; a form of Paul14 in the US (2017)
  • Philolover of; friend10 in the US (2017)
  • Pavlossmall or humble; greek form of paul4 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Pablo

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