Latin origin
Source-reportedMeaning: “small”
Borrowed from Spanish Pablo from Latin Paulus. Doublet of Paul.
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- Wiktionary: PabloCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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“small”
[ˈpa.β̞lo] · Spanish
01 / Meaning & origin
Pablo is a masculine given name documented in English, Spanish, Portuguese and 3 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Paulus via Spanish. English Wiktionary gives the meaning “small”.
Separate records with matching spellings: Pablo (English, Spanish)
Meaning: “small”
Borrowed from Spanish Pablo from Latin Paulus. Doublet of Paul.
02 / Across borders
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United States, 2025: 743 boys (rank 429). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
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1880–2025 Spelling: Pablo
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 11 | 571 | observed |
| 1881 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1882 | 8 | 691 | observed |
| 1883 | 10 | 597 | observed |
| 1884 | 9 | 663 | observed |
| 1885 | 16 | 462 | observed |
| 1886 | 7 | 758 | observed |
| 1887 | 12 | 516 | observed |
| 1888 | 11 | 609 | observed |
| 1889 | 11 | 581 | observed |
| 1890 | 18 | 424 | observed |
| 1891 | 10 | 597 | observed |
| 1892 | 10 | 688 | observed |
| 1893 | 6 | 907 | observed |
| 1894 | 10 | 668 | observed |
| 1895 | 16 | 501 | observed |
| 1896 | 11 | 674 | observed |
| 1897 | 20 | 422 | observed |
| 1898 | 7 | 885 | observed |
| 1899 | 13 | 548 | observed |
| 1900 | 22 | 490 | observed |
| 1901 | 19 | 433 | observed |
| 1902 | 21 | 460 | observed |
| 1903 | 17 | 527 | observed |
| 1904 | 22 | 452 | observed |
| 1905 | 12 | 699 | observed |
| 1906 | 28 | 411 | observed |
| 1907 | 16 | 634 | observed |
| 1908 | 23 | 522 | observed |
| 1909 | 34 | 428 | observed |
| 1910 | 29 | 524 | observed |
| 1911 | 31 | 533 | observed |
| 1912 | 32 | 765 | observed |
| 1913 | 35 | 806 | observed |
| 1914 | 53 | 712 | observed |
| 1915 | 62 | 759 | observed |
| 1916 | 68 | 734 | observed |
| 1917 | 85 | 645 | observed |
| 1918 | 98 | 620 | observed |
| 1919 | 93 | 628 | observed |
| 1920 | 133 | 531 | observed |
| 1921 | 131 | 545 | observed |
| 1922 | 139 | 530 | observed |
| 1923 | 185 | 449 | observed |
| 1924 | 159 | 491 | observed |
| 1925 | 166 | 466 | observed |
| 1926 | 200 | 429 | observed |
| 1927 | 163 | 474 | observed |
| 1928 | 174 | 457 | observed |
| 1929 | 182 | 438 | observed |
| 1930 | 209 | 401 | observed |
| 1931 | 155 | 452 | observed |
| 1932 | 176 | 422 | observed |
| 1933 | 146 | 457 | observed |
| 1934 | 142 | 478 | observed |
| 1935 | 136 | 486 | observed |
| 1936 | 115 | 534 | observed |
| 1937 | 134 | 496 | observed |
| 1938 | 107 | 565 | observed |
| 1939 | 96 | 587 | observed |
| 1940 | 109 | 568 | observed |
| 1941 | 119 | 546 | observed |
| 1942 | 120 | 562 | observed |
| 1943 | 136 | 541 | observed |
| 1944 | 145 | 503 | observed |
| 1945 | 127 | 530 | observed |
| 1946 | 168 | 497 | observed |
| 1947 | 150 | 551 | observed |
| 1948 | 174 | 498 | observed |
| 1949 | 169 | 512 | observed |
| 1950 | 194 | 477 | observed |
| 1951 | 185 | 497 | observed |
| 1952 | 174 | 532 | observed |
| 1953 | 193 | 501 | observed |
| 1954 | 188 | 531 | observed |
| 1955 | 178 | 552 | observed |
| 1956 | 194 | 539 | observed |
| 1957 | 215 | 528 | observed |
| 1958 | 214 | 527 | observed |
| 1959 | 232 | 516 | observed |
| 1960 | 232 | 520 | observed |
| 1961 | 256 | 494 | observed |
| 1962 | 277 | 478 | observed |
| 1963 | 247 | 509 | observed |
| 1964 | 261 | 490 | observed |
| 1965 | 235 | 498 | observed |
| 1966 | 277 | 456 | observed |
| 1967 | 271 | 461 | observed |
| 1968 | 306 | 436 | observed |
| 1969 | 328 | 437 | observed |
| 1970 | 377 | 421 | observed |
| 1971 | 355 | 431 | observed |
| 1972 | 354 | 421 | observed |
| 1973 | 365 | 407 | observed |
| 1974 | 409 | 383 | observed |
| 1975 | 412 | 383 | observed |
| 1976 | 446 | 363 | observed |
| 1977 | 424 | 381 | observed |
| 1978 | 433 | 370 | observed |
| 1979 | 445 | 382 | observed |
| 1980 | 496 | 358 | observed |
| 1981 | 537 | 340 | observed |
| 1982 | 500 | 358 | observed |
| 1983 | 477 | 368 | observed |
| 1984 | 487 | 366 | observed |
| 1985 | 462 | 387 | observed |
| 1986 | 522 | 361 | observed |
| 1987 | 516 | 374 | observed |
| 1988 | 499 | 399 | observed |
| 1989 | 628 | 361 | observed |
| 1990 | 680 | 353 | observed |
| 1991 | 709 | 342 | observed |
| 1992 | 767 | 330 | observed |
| 1993 | 751 | 337 | observed |
| 1994 | 767 | 327 | observed |
| 1995 | 804 | 325 | observed |
| 1996 | 794 | 331 | observed |
| 1997 | 890 | 304 | observed |
| 1998 | 903 | 310 | observed |
| 1999 | 938 | 306 | observed |
| 2000 | 1,010 | 297 | observed |
| 2001 | 1,037 | 289 | observed |
| 2002 | 1,011 | 295 | observed |
| 2003 | 1,021 | 299 | observed |
| 2004 | 1,047 | 303 | observed |
| 2005 | 1,169 | 284 | observed |
| 2006 | 1,174 | 292 | observed |
| 2007 | 1,095 | 305 | observed |
| 2008 | 1,006 | 327 | observed |
| 2009 | 912 | 344 | observed |
| 2010 | 830 | 361 | observed |
| 2011 | 840 | 357 | observed |
| 2012 | 826 | 366 | observed |
| 2013 | 742 | 403 | observed |
| 2014 | 786 | 398 | observed |
| 2015 | 803 | 394 | observed |
| 2016 | 795 | 401 | observed |
| 2017 | 700 | 444 | observed |
| 2018 | 749 | 418 | observed |
| 2019 | 791 | 395 | observed |
| 2020 | 797 | 385 | observed |
| 2021 | 774 | 402 | observed |
| 2022 | 777 | 415 | observed |
| 2023 | 852 | 378 | observed |
| 2024 | 798 | 406 | observed |
| 2025 | 743 | 429 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Pablo” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Pablo— “little”
Some, however, imagine that he assumed it out of compliment to the deputy, Sergius Paulus; others, that it was an allusion to his “weakness” of “bodily presence,” or that he took it in his humility, meaning that he was “less than the least of the Apostles.” Be that as it may, he has given it an honour entirely outshining that which is won from the Æmilii, and has spread Paul throughout Europe. The strong presumption that St. Paul preached the Gospel in Spain has rendered…
Some, however, imagine that he assumed it out of compliment to the deputy, Sergius Paulus; others, that it was an allusion to his “weakness” of “bodily presence,” or that he took it in his humility, meaning that he was “less than the least of the Apostles.” Be that as it may, he has given it an honour entirely outshining that which is won from the Æmilii, and has spread Paul throughout Europe. The strong presumption that St. Paul preached the Gospel in Spain has rendered Pablo very common there; but, in fact, the name is everywhere more usual than in England, in spite of the tradition that the great Apostle likewise landed here, and the dedication of our great cathedral. Perhaps this may be owing to the fact that twelve other SS. Paul divide the allegiance of the Continent with the Apostle. Paula is not only honoured as his feminine, but as the name of the friend and correspondent of St. Jerome, the mother of Eustochium; and Paola is in consequence found in Italy.…
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter IV (Cognomina), Section VIII (Paullus and Magnus [small and large]) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — national top 100 newborn names per sex, 2002–2024
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce — first given names of children, PESEL register, 2000-2025 (national)
Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (Ministry of Digital Affairs), Poland — PESEL register; published on dane.gov.pl · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ireland — babies' first names with three or more occurrences, 1964–2025
Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
National Records of Scotland (NRS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
British Columbia — 100 Years of Popular Baby Names (first names used 5 or more times), 1926-2025
Government of British Columbia, Vital Statistics Agency · OGL-BC (Open Government License - British Columbia; version not stated on the page) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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