Paulita
- Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419
- Peak · girls
- 1888 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 991since 1888
Paulita over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Paulita has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | #3,009 | 26 |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 |
| 1975 | #2,969 | 24 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 |
| 1971 | #2,874 | 24 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 |
| 1962 | #3,033 | 17 |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 |
| 1954 | #2,450 | 20 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1934 | #1,834 | 18 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 |
| 1932 | #1,754 | 20 |
| 1931 | #1,594 | 23 |
| 1930 | #2,202 | 15 |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 |
| 1928 | #2,094 | 17 |
| 1927 | #1,619 | 26 |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1923 | #2,264 | 16 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1888
The first year at least five girls were named Paulita! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1911, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Paulita is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Paulita in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Paulita
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1888 at #1,276 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 35,724
- Highest: 1 in 35,724 girls born in 1888 were named Paulita (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,020 girls born in 2015 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 16.8% of all girls named Paulita (166) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,276 (1888) | #1,276 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 10 | #1,792 (1903) | #1,862 |
| 1910s | 51 | #1,981 (1912) | #2,960 |
| 1920s | 131 | #1,619 (1927) | #2,831 |
| 1930s | 151 | #1,594 (1931) | #2,175 |
| 1940s | 114 | #2,151 (1943) | #2,938 |
| 1950s | 136 | #2,450 (1954) | #3,163 |
| 1960s | 130 | #3,033 (1962) | #3,899 |
| 1970s | 166 | #2,874 (1971) | #4,240 |
| 1980s | 71 | #5,885 (1981) | #8,815 |
| 1990s | 21 | #9,336 (1991) | #10,438 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,419 (2015) | #16,419 |
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.
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