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Paula
Pronounced /ˈpɔːlə/
Rank in 2024
#751
Born in 2024
374
Peak year
1963 · #42
Origin
Latin
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 374 girls were named Paula, about 1 in every 4,313.
- It peaked in 1963 with 10,151 babies, ranked #42.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 280,537 girls have been named Paula since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Paula per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.3Greatest1901–27
- 1.2Silent1928–45
- 4.2Boomers1946–64
- 2.8Gen X1965–80
- 0.5Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 6,018 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Silent: 25,079 babies, 1.21 per 1,000. Boomers: 151,529 babies, 4.23 per 1,000. Gen X: 72,178 babies, 2.83 per 1,000. Millennials: 14,398 babies, 0.51 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6,625 babies, 0.23 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,061 babies, 0.20 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Latin Paula, feminine form of Paulus (“Paul”).
- A female given name from Latin.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /ˈpɔːlə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Paula, CC BY-SA 4.0.