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

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Peak · girls
1946 · 2,520 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
47,087
since 1907

Paulette over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Paulette has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201952peak #117, 1946girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,534138
2024#1,406159
2023#1,569135
2022#1,612131
2021#1,641127
2020#1,654124
2019#1,614131
2018#1,953101
2017#2,53070
2016#2,38578
2015#2,03996
2014#2,23684
2013#2,03295
2012#2,20585
2011#1,646130
2010#1,569140
2009#3,56145
2008#3,52946
2007#2,93061
2006#4,35833
2005#4,02935
2004#4,49230
2003#3,47241
2002#3,59537
2001#4,02531
2000#3,12144
1999#3,71832
1998#2,46156
1997#2,11666
1996#1,82680
1995#2,18961
1994#1,81079
1993#1,61194
1992#1,548100
1991#1,428112
1990#1,410112
1989#1,091153
1988#1,092144
1987#1,47088
1986#1,42090
1985#1,249109
1984#1,137120
1983#1,26099
1982#1,117126
1981#1,017142
1980#952156
1979#931158
1978#741210
1977#789190
1976#785182
1975#625252
1974#540312
1973#471385
1972#416466
1971#357680
1970#327805
1969#366638
1968#355629
1967#331701
1966#338690
1965#343707
1964#326838#4,0395
1963#321858
1962#348741
1961#338774
1960#322854
1959#293956
1958#2681,068
1957#2631,092
1956#2341,234
1955#2251,298#3,5056
1954#2081,485
1953#1781,763#3,1437
1952#1631,886
1951#1482,148#3,0667
1950#1501,953
1949#1252,553
1948#1232,579#3,0107
1947#1342,334#3,0967
1946#1172,520#2,5349
1945#1481,575
1944#1641,438#3,4305
1943#1661,440#2,9647
1942#211963
1941#413277#3,5055
1940#452223
1939#678100
1938#77581
1937#83668
1936#73382
1935#93755
1934#1,01946
1933#92354
1932#1,01548
1931#1,25833
1930#1,60724
1929#1,48727
1928#1,31034
1927#1,30337
1926#1,27937
1925#1,50430
1924#1,50331
1923#1,49030
1922#1,57528
1921#1,40933
1920#1,58427
1919#2,38414
1918#2,37614
1917#2,42813
1916#3,0319
1915#3,4347
1914
1913#1,67013
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1910#2,1406
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1907#2,0615
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First appearance
1907

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.

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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1907
  • Peaked 1946 at #117 (2,520 births)
  • Births halved by 1956, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 47 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1935–1980
Share of babies · girls
1 in 624
  • Highest: 1 in 624 girls born in 1946 were named Paulette (0.16%)
  • Latest: 1 in 11,647 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 33.8% of all girls named Paulette (15,902) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s5#2,061 (1907)#2,061
1910s76#1,670 (1913)#2,495
1920s314#1,279 (1926)#1,444
1930s591#678 (1939)#978
1940s15,902#117 (1946)#205
1950s14,883#148 (1951)#213
1960s7,430#321 (1963)#339
1970s3,640#327 (1970)#598
1980s1,227#952 (1980)#1,181
1990s792#1,410 (1990)#2,012
2000s403#2,930 (2007)#3,711
2010s1,010#1,569 (2010)#2,021
2020s814#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 1952

girls
#163
1,886 births · 1 in 983 girls

Top girls' names in 1952

  1. #1Linda67,082
  2. #2Mary65,629
  3. #3Patricia53,101
  4. #4Deborah49,811
  5. #5Susan41,348
  6. #6Barbara39,864
  7. #7Nancy31,739
  8. #8Karen28,956
  9. #9Debra26,832
  10. #10Sandra26,097
  11. #163Paulette1,886
More about 1952

girls

1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 983 of them was named Paulette, which outranked 97.4% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Paulette
  1. #160Dolores2,044
  2. #160Sara2,044
  3. #162Rosa1,942
  4. #163Paulette1,886
  5. #163Shelley1,886
  6. #165Kristine1,885
  7. #166Dawn1,884
  8. #167Toni1,882

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. 2,501Pandora#3,284#783
  2. 368Lise#1,314#946
  3. 353Vanessa#656#303
  4. 334Dorinda#1,170#836
  5. 332Mitzi#928#596
Fallers
  1. 380Rhona#988#1,368
  2. 342Sharleen#765#1,107
  3. 270Enid#908#1,178
  4. 237Allyn#988#1,225
  5. 230Sheron#908#1,138

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1952