Paula
#142 most common girls' name of all time · #281 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#142
Rank overall
#281 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
281,769
Since 2016
3,519
Peak year
1963 #42
Best rank
#38 1954
Girls
Boys
peak 10,183/yr
Paula 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 | 318 | — | 318 | #853 |
| 2024 | 375 | — | 375 | #752 |
| 2023 | 402 | 6 | 408 | #706 |
| 2022 | 349 | 6 | 355 | #806 |
| 2021 | 338 | — | 338 | #823 |
| 2020 | 331 | 5 | 336 | #822 |
| 2019 | 373 | — | 373 | #753 |
| 2018 | 344 | — | 344 | #793 |
| 2017 | 319 | 5 | 324 | #856 |
| 2016 | 348 | — | 348 | #826 |
| 2015 | 310 | 9 | 319 | #889 |
| 2014 | 267 | — | 267 | #994 |
| 2013 | 307 | — | 307 | #847 |
| 2012 | 385 | — | 385 | #722 |
| 2011 | 325 | — | 325 | #817 |
| 2010 | 332 | — | 332 | #814 |
| 2009 | 362 | 6 | 368 | #781 |
| 2008 | 448 | 5 | 453 | #679 |
| 2007 | 455 | 5 | 460 | #651 |
| 2006 | 431 | — | 431 | #667 |
| 2005 | 416 | 8 | 424 | #667 |
| 2004 | 419 | 6 | 425 | #652 |
| 2003 | 356 | — | 356 | #719 |
| 2002 | 416 | 5 | 421 | #615 |
| 2001 | 420 | — | 420 | #600 |
| 2000 | 454 | 8 | 462 | #574 |
| 1999 | 446 | — | 446 | #564 |
| 1998 | 457 | 5 | 462 | #545 |
| 1997 | 504 | — | 504 | #489 |
| 1996 | 552 | — | 552 | #454 |
| 1995 | 553 | 8 | 561 | #458 |
| 1994 | 623 | 8 | 631 | #402 |
| 1993 | 630 | 13 | 643 | #400 |
| 1992 | 776 | 5 | 781 | #338 |
| 1991 | 849 | 7 | 856 | #320 |
| 1990 | 940 | 10 | 950 | #296 |
| 1989 | 794 | 16 | 810 | #321 |
| 1988 | 812 | 14 | 826 | #304 |
| 1987 | 903 | 9 | 912 | #272 |
| 1986 | 881 | 11 | 892 | #279 |
| 1985 | 1,015 | 10 | 1,025 | #250 |
| 1984 | 1,102 | 11 | 1,113 | #230 |
| 1983 | 1,159 | 14 | 1,173 | #220 |
| 1982 | 1,328 | 18 | 1,346 | #204 |
| 1981 | 1,480 | 12 | 1,492 | #186 |
| 1980 | 1,598 | 8 | 1,606 | #173 |
| 1979 | 1,694 | 10 | 1,704 | #165 |
| 1978 | 1,827 | 10 | 1,837 | #150 |
| 1977 | 2,043 | 12 | 2,055 | #144 |
| 1976 | 2,250 | 7 | 2,257 | #121 |
| 1975 | 2,651 | 17 | 2,668 | #108 |
| 1974 | 3,061 | 18 | 3,079 | #96 |
| 1973 | 3,504 | 19 | 3,523 | #87 |
| 1972 | 4,260 | 13 | 4,273 | #72 |
| 1971 | 5,379 | 15 | 5,394 | #63 |
| 1970 | 6,055 | 22 | 6,077 | #57 |
| 1969 | 6,753 | 22 | 6,775 | #50 |
| 1968 | 7,637 | 23 | 7,660 | #45 |
| 1967 | 7,694 | 23 | 7,717 | #46 |
| 1966 | 7,856 | 13 | 7,869 | #50 |
| 1965 | 7,915 | 19 | 7,934 | #49 |
| 1964 | 9,498 | 17 | 9,515 | #45 |
| 1963 | 10,156 | 27 | 10,183 | #42 |
| 1962 | 7,193 | 10 | 7,203 | #60 |
| 1961 | 7,744 | 19 | 7,763 | #60 |
| 1960 | 8,066 | 16 | 8,082 | #55 |
| 1959 | 8,059 | 21 | 8,080 | #51 |
| 1958 | 8,025 | 27 | 8,052 | #53 |
| 1957 | 8,544 | 15 | 8,559 | #49 |
| 1956 | 8,925 | 22 | 8,947 | #47 |
| 1955 | 9,585 | 13 | 9,598 | #39 |
| 1954 | 9,686 | 12 | 9,698 | #38 |
| 1953 | 9,557 | 15 | 9,572 | #40 |
| 1952 | 8,567 | 17 | 8,584 | #47 |
| 1951 | 7,290 | 8 | 7,298 | #51 |
| 1950 | 6,631 | 9 | 6,640 | #54 |
| 1949 | 6,577 | 18 | 6,595 | #55 |
| 1948 | 6,600 | 10 | 6,610 | #52 |
| 1947 | 6,102 | 8 | 6,110 | #54 |
| 1946 | 4,724 | 12 | 4,736 | #69 |
| 1945 | 3,798 | 11 | 3,809 | #67 |
| 1944 | 3,315 | 14 | 3,329 | #82 |
| 1943 | 3,042 | 17 | 3,059 | #93 |
| 1942 | 1,974 | 9 | 1,983 | #136 |
| 1941 | 1,540 | — | 1,540 | #151 |
| 1940 | 1,372 | 9 | 1,381 | #155 |
| 1939 | 1,348 | 5 | 1,353 | #159 |
| 1938 | 1,318 | 8 | 1,326 | #163 |
| 1937 | 1,212 | — | 1,212 | #165 |
| 1936 | 982 | 6 | 988 | #185 |
| 1935 | 774 | — | 774 | #223 |
| 1934 | 759 | 11 | 770 | #228 |
| 1933 | 611 | — | 611 | #245 |
| 1932 | 658 | — | 658 | #238 |
| 1931 | 585 | 7 | 592 | #250 |
| 1930 | 614 | 9 | 623 | #252 |
| 1929 | 619 | 5 | 624 | #254 |
| 1928 | 558 | — | 558 | #276 |
| 1927 | 602 | — | 602 | #271 |
| 1926 | 541 | 5 | 546 | #286 |
| 1925 | 464 | — | 464 | #308 |
| 1924 | 418 | — | 418 | #329 |
| 1923 | 378 | — | 378 | #337 |
| 1922 | 305 | — | 305 | #373 |
| 1921 | 326 | — | 326 | #373 |
| 1920 | 343 | — | 343 | #354 |
| 1919 | 245 | — | 245 | #415 |
| 1918 | 265 | — | 265 | #402 |
| 1917 | 303 | 5 | 308 | #360 |
| 1916 | 289 | — | 289 | #361 |
| 1915 | 228 | — | 228 | #398 |
| 1914 | 184 | — | 184 | #390 |
| 1913 | 150 | — | 150 | #398 |
| 1912 | 164 | — | 164 | #358 |
| 1911 | 105 | — | 105 | #395 |
| 1910 | 89 | — | 89 | #418 |
| 1909 | 76 | — | 76 | #425 |
| 1908 | 83 | — | 83 | #404 |
| 1907 | 76 | — | 76 | #408 |
| 1906 | 89 | — | 89 | #354 |
| 1905 | 68 | — | 68 | #409 |
| 1904 | 79 | — | 79 | #371 |
| 1903 | 57 | — | 57 | #423 |
| 1902 | 41 | — | 41 | #495 |
| 1901 | 50 | — | 50 | #426 |
| 1900 | 47 | — | 47 | #494 |
| 1899 | 40 | — | 40 | #465 |
| 1898 | 55 | — | 55 | #417 |
| 1897 | 45 | — | 45 | #438 |
| 1896 | 47 | — | 47 | #422 |
| 1895 | 37 | — | 37 | #486 |
| 1894 | 34 | — | 34 | #492 |
| 1893 | 47 | — | 47 | #393 |
| 1892 | 40 | — | 40 | #427 |
| 1891 | 44 | — | 44 | #383 |
| 1890 | 35 | — | 35 | #434 |
| 1889 | 33 | — | 33 | #427 |
| 1888 | 27 | — | 27 | #481 |
| 1887 | 26 | — | 26 | #444 |
| 1886 | 21 | — | 21 | #488 |
| 1885 | 16 | — | 16 | #548 |
| 1884 | 12 | — | 12 | #624 |
| 1883 | 19 | — | 19 | #448 |
| 1882 | 6 | — | 6 | #821 |
| 1881 | 9 | — | 9 | #597 |
| 1880 | 9 | — | 9 | #621 |