Paul
#17 most common boys' name of all time · #23 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#17
Rank overall
#23 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
1,404,135
Since 2016
14,913
Peak year
1957 #18
Best rank
#12 1916
Girls
Boys
peak 27,076/yr
Paul is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 1,316 | 1,316 | #262 |
| 2024 | — | 1,330 | 1,330 | #262 |
| 2023 | — | 1,359 | 1,359 | #256 |
| 2022 | — | 1,334 | 1,334 | #262 |
| 2021 | — | 1,385 | 1,385 | #257 |
| 2020 | — | 1,401 | 1,401 | #252 |
| 2019 | — | 1,513 | 1,513 | #245 |
| 2018 | — | 1,635 | 1,635 | #234 |
| 2017 | — | 1,699 | 1,699 | #225 |
| 2016 | — | 1,941 | 1,941 | #206 |
| 2015 | — | 2,032 | 2,032 | #199 |
| 2014 | — | 2,007 | 2,007 | #201 |
| 2013 | — | 2,038 | 2,038 | #198 |
| 2012 | — | 1,958 | 1,958 | #190 |
| 2011 | — | 2,078 | 2,078 | #186 |
| 2010 | — | 2,129 | 2,129 | #177 |
| 2009 | — | 2,428 | 2,428 | #160 |
| 2008 | — | 2,555 | 2,555 | #154 |
| 2007 | — | 2,771 | 2,771 | #147 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3,037 | 3,043 | #132 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,145 | 3,150 | #130 |
| 2004 | 9 | 3,191 | 3,200 | #127 |
| 2003 | 7 | 3,256 | 3,263 | #123 |
| 2002 | — | 3,263 | 3,263 | #118 |
| 2001 | 7 | 3,523 | 3,530 | #109 |
| 2000 | 9 | 3,795 | 3,804 | #100 |
| 1999 | 6 | 4,020 | 4,026 | #94 |
| 1998 | 11 | 4,321 | 4,332 | #89 |
| 1997 | 14 | 4,752 | 4,766 | #79 |
| 1996 | 13 | 4,883 | 4,896 | #78 |
| 1995 | 12 | 5,414 | 5,426 | #71 |
| 1994 | 10 | 5,798 | 5,808 | #64 |
| 1993 | 9 | 6,481 | 6,490 | #56 |
| 1992 | 15 | 7,003 | 7,018 | #55 |
| 1991 | 25 | 7,680 | 7,705 | #53 |
| 1990 | 31 | 8,579 | 8,610 | #49 |
| 1989 | 43 | 9,029 | 9,072 | #49 |
| 1988 | 77 | 9,438 | 9,515 | #46 |
| 1987 | 64 | 9,707 | 9,771 | #46 |
| 1986 | 68 | 9,715 | 9,783 | #45 |
| 1985 | 74 | 10,315 | 10,389 | #42 |
| 1984 | 81 | 10,460 | 10,541 | #40 |
| 1983 | 84 | 10,828 | 10,912 | #39 |
| 1982 | 71 | 11,310 | 11,381 | #35 |
| 1981 | 75 | 11,776 | 11,851 | #35 |
| 1980 | 71 | 11,819 | 11,890 | #35 |
| 1979 | 74 | 11,630 | 11,704 | #34 |
| 1978 | 77 | 11,733 | 11,810 | #33 |
| 1977 | 76 | 11,798 | 11,874 | #31 |
| 1976 | 77 | 11,781 | 11,858 | #28 |
| 1975 | 78 | 12,017 | 12,095 | #29 |
| 1974 | 98 | 12,310 | 12,408 | #27 |
| 1973 | 77 | 12,901 | 12,978 | #24 |
| 1972 | 71 | 14,555 | 14,626 | #24 |
| 1971 | 95 | 17,469 | 17,564 | #24 |
| 1970 | 92 | 20,196 | 20,288 | #23 |
| 1969 | 121 | 20,690 | 20,811 | #22 |
| 1968 | 116 | 21,865 | 21,981 | #19 |
| 1967 | 87 | 22,821 | 22,908 | #18 |
| 1966 | 97 | 23,578 | 23,675 | #18 |
| 1965 | 91 | 24,919 | 25,010 | #16 |
| 1964 | 96 | 26,874 | 26,970 | #16 |
| 1963 | 79 | 26,672 | 26,751 | #17 |
| 1962 | 75 | 23,802 | 23,877 | #19 |
| 1961 | 73 | 25,640 | 25,713 | #18 |
| 1960 | 81 | 25,642 | 25,723 | #18 |
| 1959 | 75 | 25,712 | 25,787 | #17 |
| 1958 | 78 | 26,264 | 26,342 | #15 |
| 1957 | 64 | 27,012 | 27,076 | #18 |
| 1956 | 69 | 26,897 | 26,966 | #17 |
| 1955 | 64 | 26,701 | 26,765 | #16 |
| 1954 | 50 | 26,220 | 26,270 | #16 |
| 1953 | 50 | 25,509 | 25,559 | #16 |
| 1952 | 60 | 24,292 | 24,352 | #19 |
| 1951 | 50 | 22,853 | 22,903 | #18 |
| 1950 | 55 | 21,742 | 21,797 | #18 |
| 1949 | 57 | 21,589 | 21,646 | #17 |
| 1948 | 60 | 21,252 | 21,312 | #18 |
| 1947 | 63 | 22,796 | 22,859 | #18 |
| 1946 | 66 | 21,063 | 21,129 | #18 |
| 1945 | 37 | 16,995 | 17,032 | #17 |
| 1944 | 45 | 16,661 | 16,706 | #17 |
| 1943 | 47 | 17,253 | 17,300 | #19 |
| 1942 | 47 | 16,492 | 16,539 | #19 |
| 1941 | 63 | 15,166 | 15,229 | #18 |
| 1940 | 53 | 14,097 | 14,150 | #17 |
| 1939 | 47 | 13,337 | 13,384 | #17 |
| 1938 | 35 | 13,360 | 13,395 | #15 |
| 1937 | 44 | 12,881 | 12,925 | #15 |
| 1936 | 53 | 12,307 | 12,360 | #15 |
| 1935 | 59 | 12,563 | 12,622 | #14 |
| 1934 | 58 | 12,196 | 12,254 | #14 |
| 1933 | 51 | 11,854 | 11,905 | #14 |
| 1932 | 79 | 12,066 | 12,145 | #13 |
| 1931 | 91 | 12,255 | 12,346 | #12 |
| 1930 | 114 | 12,955 | 13,069 | #12 |
| 1929 | 91 | 12,431 | 12,522 | #13 |
| 1928 | 123 | 13,160 | 13,283 | #13 |
| 1927 | 102 | 13,604 | 13,706 | #13 |
| 1926 | 86 | 13,653 | 13,739 | #13 |
| 1925 | 81 | 14,175 | 14,256 | #13 |
| 1924 | 78 | 13,338 | 13,416 | #14 |
| 1923 | 76 | 13,362 | 13,438 | #14 |
| 1922 | 81 | 12,922 | 13,003 | #14 |
| 1921 | 60 | 13,169 | 13,229 | #14 |
| 1920 | 75 | 12,570 | 12,645 | #14 |
| 1919 | 59 | 11,305 | 11,364 | #15 |
| 1918 | 70 | 11,755 | 11,825 | #14 |
| 1917 | 62 | 11,156 | 11,218 | #13 |
| 1916 | 50 | 10,790 | 10,840 | #12 |
| 1915 | 44 | 10,328 | 10,372 | #13 |
| 1914 | 43 | 7,733 | 7,776 | #13 |
| 1913 | 31 | 5,966 | 5,997 | #14 |
| 1912 | 27 | 4,785 | 4,812 | #14 |
| 1911 | 15 | 2,393 | 2,408 | #17 |
| 1910 | 9 | 2,005 | 2,014 | #15 |
| 1909 | 13 | 1,676 | 1,689 | #17 |
| 1908 | 9 | 1,478 | 1,487 | #18 |
| 1907 | 13 | 1,358 | 1,371 | #20 |
| 1906 | 8 | 1,308 | 1,316 | #19 |
| 1905 | 6 | 1,262 | 1,268 | #19 |
| 1904 | 8 | 1,194 | 1,202 | #19 |
| 1903 | 8 | 1,081 | 1,089 | #19 |
| 1902 | 13 | 1,067 | 1,080 | #20 |
| 1901 | 6 | 924 | 930 | #19 |
| 1900 | 9 | 1,288 | 1,297 | #19 |
| 1899 | 6 | 885 | 891 | #21 |
| 1898 | 9 | 991 | 1,000 | #21 |
| 1897 | 5 | 923 | 928 | #20 |
| 1896 | 6 | 964 | 970 | #20 |
| 1895 | 8 | 933 | 941 | #20 |
| 1894 | 5 | 824 | 829 | #23 |
| 1893 | 8 | 743 | 751 | #25 |
| 1892 | 5 | 747 | 752 | #29 |
| 1891 | — | 564 | 564 | #31 |
| 1890 | 5 | 607 | 612 | #31 |
| 1889 | — | 555 | 555 | #35 |
| 1888 | — | 529 | 529 | #38 |
| 1887 | — | 449 | 449 | #40 |
| 1886 | 6 | 466 | 472 | #38 |
| 1885 | 6 | 428 | 434 | #43 |
| 1884 | 5 | 422 | 427 | #45 |
| 1883 | — | 358 | 358 | #48 |
| 1882 | — | 397 | 397 | #44 |
| 1881 | — | 291 | 291 | #55 |
| 1880 | — | 301 | 301 | #60 |