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
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| 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 |
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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 1955
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#349 · 1 in 3,363
- West Virginia#389 · 1 in 3,932
- Missouri#495 · 1 in 6,217
- Tennessee#512 · 1 in 6,406
- Indiana#539 · 1 in 8,038
Best ever in a state: #270 in Kentucky, 1942.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Kentucky | #349 | 10 | 1 in 3,363 |
| West Virginia | #389 | 5 | 1 in 3,932 |
| Missouri | #495 | 7 | 1 in 6,217 |
| Tennessee | #512 | 6 | 1 in 6,406 |
| Indiana | #539 | 6 | 1 in 8,038 |
| Illinois | #834 | 6 | 1 in 16,795 |
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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 1955
Top girls' names in 1955
More about 1955
girls
1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 26,070 of them was named Pauletta, which outranked 82.9% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,142Imelda76
- #1,142Karlene76
- #1,142Kathyrn76
- #1,150Pauletta75
- #1,150Deborha75
- #1,150Georgiana75
- #1,150Jacqulyn75
- #1,157Cordelia74
- #1,157Dreama74
- #1,157Germaine74
Tied with 6 names at #1,150; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.