Paula

• Same eraNeilLike Paula, it was given most in the 1950s.#850 · steady
• Same rhythmEddieSame beat as Paula: two syllables, stress on the first, ending on a vowel sound, but it starts differently.#860 · steady
• ShorterBearOne syllable to Paula's two, so you can tell them apart when you call both.#853 · steady
• LongerSantanaThree syllables to Paula's two: a long name beside a short one keeps them distinct.#855 · falling
• RiskyPaulOne letter away from Paula. You'll call the wrong one for years.#262 · steady

Suggestions come from names in this year's top 1,000. Rhythm and rhyme are judged from each name's pronunciation (Wiktionary's, or espeak's reading of the spelling), so a few calls may be off.