Pablo

What Pablo means

Same root as Paul, meaning “small”

Doublet of Paul || English Paolo Learned borrowing from Latin Paulus, from paulus (“small”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Pablo” (revision 93672980) and “Paul” (revision 94542500), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Pablo?

US: Steady: #394 in 2015, #429 now. England & Wales: Falling: down from #950 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2005, when 1,169 boys got the name (#284 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,299 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 11,823 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in TX (1.15 per 1,000 boys), AZ (1.1 per 1,000 boys), NM (1.08 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Pablo is #429 in the US and #1226 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Pablo were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

If you like Pablo

Boys

• Andres#200Spanish form of Andrew, meaning “manly”^*
• Angel#67Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #67 vs #1,307 in 2025
• Diego#158Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #158 vs #444 in 2025
• Dante#308Editor’s note Up from #322 in 2015 to #308 in 2025 in the US
• Angelo#304Editor’s note Down from #299 in 2015 to #304 in 2025 in the US
• Joan#984“God is gracious”^*

For a sister

• Esmeralda#373“emerald”^*
• Anahi#482Spanish, meaning “cockspur coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli)”^*
• Luz#838Spanish, meaning “light”^*
• Isabela#664Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1982, with 6 babies
• Dulce#770Spanish, meaning “sweet”^*
• Marianna#872Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #872 vs #1,892 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Pablo’s. Rank is US 2025.