Paulette
#1,534 for girls in 2025, 138 births · Last seen for boys in 1964 at #4,039
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1946 · 2,520 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 47,087since 1907
Paulette over time
Rank among girls' names. Paulette has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,534 | 138 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,406 | 159 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,569 | 135 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,612 | 131 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,641 | 127 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,654 | 124 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,614 | 131 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,953 | 101 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,530 | 70 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,385 | 78 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,039 | 96 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,236 | 84 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,032 | 95 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,205 | 85 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,646 | 130 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,569 | 140 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,561 | 45 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,529 | 46 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,930 | 61 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,358 | 33 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,029 | 35 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,492 | 30 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,472 | 41 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,595 | 37 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,025 | 31 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,121 | 44 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,718 | 32 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,461 | 56 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,116 | 66 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,826 | 80 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,189 | 61 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,810 | 79 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,611 | 94 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,548 | 100 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,428 | 112 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,410 | 112 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,091 | 153 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,092 | 144 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,470 | 88 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,420 | 90 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,249 | 109 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,137 | 120 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,260 | 99 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,117 | 126 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,017 | 142 | — | |
| 1980 | #952 | 156 | — | |
| 1979 | #931 | 158 | — | |
| 1978 | #741 | 210 | — | |
| 1977 | #789 | 190 | — | |
| 1976 | #785 | 182 | — | |
| 1975 | #625 | 252 | — | |
| 1974 | #540 | 312 | — | |
| 1973 | #471 | 385 | — | |
| 1972 | #416 | 466 | — | |
| 1971 | #357 | 680 | — | |
| 1970 | #327 | 805 | — | |
| 1969 | #366 | 638 | — | |
| 1968 | #355 | 629 | — | |
| 1967 | #331 | 701 | — | |
| 1966 | #338 | 690 | — | |
| 1965 | #343 | 707 | — | |
| 1964 | #326 | 838 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #321 | 858 | — | |
| 1962 | #348 | 741 | — | |
| 1961 | #338 | 774 | — | |
| 1960 | #322 | 854 | — | |
| 1959 | #293 | 956 | — | |
| 1958 | #268 | 1,068 | — | |
| 1957 | #263 | 1,092 | — | |
| 1956 | #234 | 1,234 | — | |
| 1955 | #225 | 1,298 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #208 | 1,485 | — | |
| 1953 | #178 | 1,763 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #163 | 1,886 | — | |
| 1951 | #148 | 2,148 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #150 | 1,953 | — | |
| 1949 | #125 | 2,553 | — | |
| 1948 | #123 | 2,579 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #134 | 2,334 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #117 | 2,520 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #148 | 1,575 | — | |
| 1944 | #164 | 1,438 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #166 | 1,440 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #211 | 963 | — | |
| 1941 | #413 | 277 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #452 | 223 | — | |
| 1939 | #678 | 100 | — | |
| 1938 | #775 | 81 | — | |
| 1937 | #836 | 68 | — | |
| 1936 | #733 | 82 | — | |
| 1935 | #937 | 55 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,019 | 46 | — | |
| 1933 | #923 | 54 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,015 | 48 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,258 | 33 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,607 | 24 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,487 | 27 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,310 | 34 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,303 | 37 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,279 | 37 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,504 | 30 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,503 | 31 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,490 | 30 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,575 | 28 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,409 | 33 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,584 | 27 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 | — | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Paulette! It came in at #2,061, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1907–1909, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Paulette is popular in 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#330 · 1 in 5,447
- Ohio#435 · 1 in 6,700
- New York#449 · 1 in 7,446
- California#471 · 1 in 5,260
- Pennsylvania#522 · 1 in 10,150
Best ever in a state: #38 in Hawaii, 1946.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #330 | 5 | 1 in 5,447 |
| Ohio | #435 | 7 | 1 in 6,700 |
| New York | #449 | 11 | 1 in 7,446 |
| California | #471 | 7 | 1 in 5,260 |
| Pennsylvania | #522 | 7 | 1 in 10,150 |
| Illinois | #560 | 5 | 1 in 10,108 |
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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 Paulette
- 128 spots since 2024 (#1,406 → #1,534)
- 120 spots since 2020 (#1,654 → #1,534)
- 505 spots since 2015 (#2,039 → #1,534)
- Biggest jump: 226 spots in 1940 (#678 → #452)
- Biggest drop: 190 spots in 1979 (#741 → #931)
- Debuted 1907
- Peaked 1946 at #117 (2,520 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1935–1980
- Highest: 1 in 624 girls born in 1946 were named Paulette (0.16%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,647 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 33.8% of all girls named Paulette (15,902) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,061 (1907) | #2,061 |
| 1910s | 76 | #1,670 (1913) | #2,495 |
| 1920s | 314 | #1,279 (1926) | #1,444 |
| 1930s | 591 | #678 (1939) | #978 |
| 1940s | 15,902 | #117 (1946) | #205 |
| 1950s | 14,883 | #148 (1951) | #213 |
| 1960s | 7,430 | #321 (1963) | #339 |
| 1970s | 3,640 | #327 (1970) | #598 |
| 1980s | 1,227 | #952 (1980) | #1,181 |
| 1990s | 792 | #1,410 (1990) | #2,012 |
| 2000s | 403 | #2,930 (2007) | #3,711 |
| 2010s | 1,010 | #1,569 (2010) | #2,021 |
| 2020s | 814 | #1,406 (2024) | #1,569 |
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.
Paulette in 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 12,688 of them was named Paulette, which outranked 84.9% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #728Jolene83
- #728Katheryn83
- #728Lavina83
- #733Paulette82
- #733Dovie82
- #733Jeraldine82
- #733Linnie82
- #739Barbra81
- #739Crystal81
- #739Hallie81
Tied with 5 names at #733; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.