Pauletta
Last seen for girls in 1997 at #9,802
- Peak · girls
- 1948 · 107 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,522since 1917
Pauletta over time
Rank among girls' names. Pauletta has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 |
| 1974 | #3,212 | 21 |
| 1973 | #2,094 | 38 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 |
| 1970 | #1,952 | 43 |
| 1969 | #2,296 | 31 |
| 1968 | #2,205 | 30 |
| 1967 | #1,783 | 42 |
| 1966 | #1,736 | 42 |
| 1965 | #1,741 | 42 |
| 1964 | #1,635 | 49 |
| 1963 | #1,623 | 49 |
| 1962 | #1,497 | 56 |
| 1961 | #1,742 | 43 |
| 1960 | #1,467 | 56 |
| 1959 | #1,326 | 65 |
| 1958 | #1,310 | 65 |
| 1957 | #1,246 | 71 |
| 1956 | #1,241 | 70 |
| 1955 | #1,150 | 75 |
| 1954 | #1,033 | 90 |
| 1953 | #1,137 | 72 |
| 1952 | #1,028 | 83 |
| 1951 | #996 | 88 |
| 1950 | #1,034 | 78 |
| 1949 | #853 | 107 |
| 1948 | #845 | 107 |
| 1947 | #898 | 97 |
| 1946 | #885 | 88 |
| 1945 | #869 | 75 |
| 1944 | #862 | 78 |
| 1943 | #907 | 73 |
| 1942 | #853 | 81 |
| 1941 | #1,501 | 27 |
| 1940 | #1,635 | 23 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 |
| 1935 | #1,449 | 26 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Pauletta! It came in at #4,594, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1919, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Pauletta is popular in 1949
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Missouri#295 · 1 in 2,980
- West Virginia#301 · 1 in 2,650
- Kentucky#309 · 1 in 2,839
- Oklahoma#386 · 1 in 3,584
- Indiana#429 · 1 in 6,000
Best ever in a state: #270 in Kentucky, 1942.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | #295 | 13 | 1 in 2,980 |
| West Virginia | #301 | 9 | 1 in 2,650 |
| Kentucky | #309 | 12 | 1 in 2,839 |
| Oklahoma | #386 | 6 | 1 in 3,584 |
| Indiana | #429 | 7 | 1 in 6,000 |
| Arkansas | #437 | 5 | 1 in 4,469 |
| Tennessee | #463 | 6 | 1 in 6,281 |
| Ohio | #601 | 7 | 1 in 12,388 |
| Illinois | #779 | 5 | 1 in 17,162 |
| California | #783 | 9 | 1 in 12,580 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| New York | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Pennsylvania | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Texas | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Pauletta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
- Biggest jump: 648 spots in 1942 (#1,501 → #853)
- Biggest drop: 181 spots in 1950 (#853 → #1,034)
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1948 at #845 (107 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1942–1949
- Highest: 1 in 15,868 girls born in 1948 were named Pauletta (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 217,589 girls born in 1997 (0.00%)
- 30.0% of all girls named Pauletta (757) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #4,291 (1918) | #4,443 |
| 1920s | 73 | #2,617 (1925) | #3,751 |
| 1930s | 117 | #1,449 (1935) | #2,720 |
| 1940s | 756 | #845 (1948) | #1,011 |
| 1950s | 757 | #996 (1951) | #1,150 |
| 1960s | 440 | #1,467 (1960) | #1,773 |
| 1970s | 222 | #1,952 (1970) | #3,510 |
| 1980s | 90 | #4,737 (1984) | #6,352 |
| 1990s | 56 | #7,303 (1990) | #11,027 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Pauletta in 1949
Top girls' names in 1949
More about 1949
girls
1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 15,990 of them was named Pauletta, which outranked 85.9% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).