Paulus

Boy · recorded 1929–1987

  • 1987last recorded
  • 1929best year

Most popular in 1929.

Last recorded in 1987. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

Checking your shortlist…

Compare

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Paulus.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1929

03519291944195819731987

Hover over or drag across the chart to see any year.

Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 4 recorded years as a table
Paulus, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19295
19643
19653
19873

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Paulus isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Paulus

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1987
5
Rank in 1987
#6,951
How rare
1 in 373,396 boys
Since 1929
21

Paulus was last recorded in 1987. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1929, at 5 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Paulus doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.