Feminine dossier · first seen 1921

Paloma

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Paloma
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2009

Peak rank proxy

411

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1921Peak 20092024

Peak year

2009

Decline from peak

35%

2024

267

All-time

10,416

Paloma has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2009, when 411 girls were named Paloma.

In 2024, only 267 girls were given the name.

Down 35% from its peak.

All told, about 10,416 Americans have been named Paloma and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1921.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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