Paula
Rank in 2025
#853
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
318
girls 318
Peak year
1963
10,156 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
281,769
since 1880
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Paula was most popular in 1963, when 10,156 babies recorded as girls got the name (5.3 per 1,000). In 2025, 318 babies were named Paula, ranking #853 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 318 | 853 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 375 | 752 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 402 | 706 | 6 | 10821 |
| 2022 | 349 | 806 | 6 | 10863 |
| 2021 | 338 | 822 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 331 | 822 | 5 | 12022 |
| 2019 | 373 | 753 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 344 | 793 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 319 | 856 | 5 | 12246 |
| 2016 | 348 | 826 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 310 | 889 | 9 | 8040 |
| 2014 | 267 | 993 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 307 | 847 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 385 | 721 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 325 | 817 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 332 | 814 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 362 | 781 | 6 | 10994 |
| 2008 | 448 | 678 | 5 | 12553 |
| 2007 | 455 | 651 | 5 | 12367 |
| 2006 | 431 | 667 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 416 | 667 | 8 | 8299 |
| 2004 | 419 | 651 | 6 | 9948 |
| 2003 | 356 | 719 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 416 | 615 | 5 | 10667 |
| 2001 | 420 | 600 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 454 | 572 | 8 | 7416 |
| 1999 | 446 | 564 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 457 | 545 | 5 | 9631 |
| 1997 | 504 | 489 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 552 | 454 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 553 | 458 | 8 | 6407 |
| 1994 | 623 | 402 | 8 | 6372 |
| 1993 | 630 | 400 | 13 | 4447 |
| 1992 | 776 | 338 | 5 | 8435 |
| 1991 | 849 | 320 | 7 | 6519 |
| 1990 | 940 | 296 | 10 | 4993 |
| 1989 | 794 | 320 | 16 | 3446 |
| 1988 | 812 | 304 | 14 | 3523 |
| 1987 | 903 | 272 | 9 | 4573 |
| 1986 | 881 | 279 | 11 | 3882 |
| 1985 | 1,015 | 249 | 10 | 4052 |
| 1984 | 1,102 | 230 | 11 | 3701 |
| 1983 | 1,159 | 220 | 14 | 3071 |
| 1982 | 1,328 | 204 | 18 | 2596 |
| 1981 | 1,480 | 186 | 12 | 3412 |
| 1980 | 1,598 | 173 | 8 | 4495 |
| 1979 | 1,694 | 165 | 10 | 3810 |
| 1978 | 1,827 | 150 | 10 | 3614 |
| 1977 | 2,043 | 144 | 12 | 3203 |
| 1976 | 2,250 | 121 | 7 | 4418 |
| 1975 | 2,651 | 108 | 17 | 2450 |
| 1974 | 3,061 | 96 | 18 | 2277 |
| 1973 | 3,504 | 87 | 19 | 2124 |
| 1972 | 4,260 | 72 | 13 | 2659 |
| 1971 | 5,379 | 63 | 15 | 2464 |
| 1970 | 6,055 | 57 | 22 | 1889 |
| 1969 | 6,753 | 50 | 22 | 1767 |
| 1968 | 7,637 | 45 | 23 | 1650 |
| 1967 | 7,694 | 46 | 23 | 1609 |
| 1966 | 7,856 | 50 | 13 | 2216 |
| 1965 | 7,915 | 49 | 19 | 1806 |
| 1964 | 9,498 | 45 | 17 | 1975 |
| 1963 | 10,156 | 42 | 27 | 1513 |
| 1962 | 7,193 | 60 | 10 | 2673 |
| 1961 | 7,744 | 60 | 19 | 1876 |
| 1960 | 8,066 | 55 | 16 | 2042 |
| 1959 | 8,059 | 51 | 21 | 1759 |
| 1958 | 8,025 | 53 | 27 | 1511 |
| 1957 | 8,544 | 49 | 15 | 2093 |
| 1956 | 8,925 | 47 | 22 | 1676 |
| 1955 | 9,585 | 39 | 13 | 2219 |
| 1954 | 9,686 | 38 | 12 | 2316 |
| 1953 | 9,557 | 40 | 15 | 2038 |
| 1952 | 8,567 | 47 | 17 | 1856 |
| 1951 | 7,290 | 51 | 8 | 2844 |
| 1950 | 6,631 | 54 | 9 | 2580 |
| 1949 | 6,577 | 55 | 18 | 1754 |
| 1948 | 6,600 | 52 | 10 | 2443 |
| 1947 | 6,102 | 54 | 8 | 2862 |
| 1946 | 4,724 | 69 | 12 | 2143 |
| 1945 | 3,798 | 67 | 11 | 2131 |
| 1944 | 3,315 | 82 | 14 | 1890 |
| 1943 | 3,042 | 93 | 17 | 1764 |
| 1942 | 1,974 | 136 | 9 | 2523 |
| 1941 | 1,540 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 1,372 | 155 | 9 | 2478 |
| 1939 | 1,348 | 159 | 5 | 3480 |
| 1938 | 1,318 | 163 | 8 | 2646 |
| 1937 | 1,212 | 165 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 982 | 185 | 6 | 3147 |
| 1935 | 774 | 220 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 759 | 228 | 11 | 2266 |
| 1933 | 611 | 245 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 658 | 238 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 585 | 250 | 7 | 3095 |
| 1930 | 614 | 251 | 9 | 2781 |
| 1929 | 619 | 254 | 5 | 3959 |
| 1928 | 558 | 276 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 602 | 271 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 541 | 286 | 5 | 4201 |
| 1925 | 464 | 307 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 418 | 329 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 378 | 337 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 305 | 373 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 326 | 373 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 343 | 354 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 245 | 414 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 265 | 401 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 303 | 359 | 5 | 3981 |
| 1916 | 289 | 361 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 228 | 398 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 184 | 390 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 150 | 396 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 164 | 357 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 105 | 392 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 89 | 417 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 76 | 421 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 83 | 399 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 76 | 408 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 89 | 349 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 68 | 409 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 79 | 371 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 57 | 419 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 41 | 490 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 50 | 425 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 47 | 494 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 40 | 461 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 55 | 415 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 45 | 438 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 47 | 420 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 37 | 480 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 34 | 487 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 47 | 391 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 40 | 419 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 44 | 377 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 35 | 429 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 33 | 421 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 27 | 476 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 26 | 435 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 21 | 476 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 16 | 542 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 12 | 614 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 19 | 435 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 6 | 813 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 9 | 582 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 9 | 580 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years