Paloma

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Spanish

Meaning

Paloma is a Spanish female given name, derived from Latin "palumbus", which means "dove", a symbol of peace. The name also can be understood as the Holy Spirit symbolized in this bird.

From Wikipedia

Paloma first appears in the data in 1921 and has been recorded in 57 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2009 with 411 babies (rank #706 that year). In 2024 it was given to 267 girls (rank #971). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Paloma

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Paloma yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

10,416
Total babies (all years)
57
Years in the data
411
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19216#4,963
19225#5,617
19276#4,687
19695#8,321
19729#5,798
19738#6,490
197410#5,646
19759#6,306
197616#4,102
197724#3,238
197825#3,170
197930#2,911
198031#2,925
198142#2,363
198258#1,865
198355#1,901
198484#1,395
198560#1,876
198691#1,416
198771#1,715
198889#1,517
1989118#1,325
1990138#1,221
1991159#1,119
1992186#1,013
1993188#988
1994194#960
1995184#1,010
1996201#960
1997216#922
1998207#979
1999202#1,016
2000245#898
2001272#841
2002241#932
2003281#861
2004289#853
2005303#838
2006317#847
2007329#857
2008377#779
2009411#706
2010407#703
2011317#834
2012346#788
2013359#758
2014314#871
2015306#903
2016290#946
2017303#891
2018298#904
2019290#915
2020273#940
2021309#883
2022280#959
2023265#974
2024267#971