Paul · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Paul.

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 1884

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 118 recorded years as a table

Paul, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1884	39
1885	45
1886	42
1890	26
1892	24
1893	38
1894	22
1895	34
1896	25
1897	21
1898	35
1899	26
1900	30
1901	25
1902	49
1903	31
1904	29
1905	21
1906	27
1907	41
1908	27
1909	37
1910	23
1911	36
1912	48
1913	50
1914	56
1915	45
1916	48
1917	57
1918	60
1919	52
1920	63
1921	49
1922	67
1923	63
1924	62
1925	67
1926	73
1927	86
1928	107
1929	82
1930	101
1931	85
1932	74
1933	51
1934	56
1935	56
1936	51
1937	41
1938	32
1939	43
1940	46
1941	52
1942	35
1943	34
1944	34
1945	28
1946	42
1947	36
1948	35
1949	33
1950	32
1951	28
1952	32
1953	27
1954	26
1955	33
1956	34
1957	31
1958	39
1959	37
1960	40
1961	36
1962	38
1963	41
1964	51
1965	52
1966	57
1967	53
1968	71
1969	72
1970	53
1971	57
1972	47
1973	53
1974	67
1975	54
1976	53
1977	50
1978	50
1979	46
1980	43
1981	45
1982	42
1983	50
1984	48
1985	43
1986	40
1987	37
1988	43
1989	23
1990	16
1991	13
1992	8
1993	5
1994	6
1995	7
1996	7
1997	8
1998	6
1999	3
2000	5
2001	4
2003	4
2004	5
2005	3
2006	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Paul 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 Paul

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2006: 6
Rank in 2006: #15,152
How rare: 1 in 316,868 girls
Since 1884: 5,842

Paul was last recorded in 2006. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1928, at 107 per million girls born.

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

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