Paco is a boy's name of Spanish origin meaning “father of the community.” In 2024 it was given to 8 boys in the United States.
Paco at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Spanish
Meaning
“father of the community”
Pronunciation
/Manila|r/
About the name Paco
Paco belongs to the Spanish tradition. Its meaning — “father of the community” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Paco first appears in Social Security records in 1960. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3295 in 1968, and in 2024 8 babies received the name — 324 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.