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Paul

Pronounced /pɔl/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1928 · #635
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for boys:1,320 in 2024 (#263)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Paul in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1928 with 123 babies, ranked #635.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1884.
  • 5,843 girls have been named Paul since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Paul per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Greatest
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    Silent
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    Boomers
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    Millennials
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    Gen Z
  7. 0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 1,133 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Silent: 1,137 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,266 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,398 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Millennials: 752 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 74 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Learned borrowing from Latin Paulus, from paulus (“small”). Doublet of Pablo and Paolo.

  • A male given name from Latin [in turn originating from the Bible], feminine equivalent Paula, Paulette, Paulina, and Pauline
Origin
Latin
Say it
/pɔl/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Paul, CC BY-SA 4.0.