Paulita

Girl · recorded 1888–2015

  • 2015last recorded
  • 1888best year

Most popular in 1888.

Last recorded in 2015. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Paulita.

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Its story

Popularity since 1888

0142818881920195219832015

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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 84 recorded years as a table
Paulita, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188828
190017
190319
191013
191216
191313
19147
19159
19188
19195
19206
19216
19228
192313
19246
192510
192611
192722
192815
192913
193013
193122
193219
193310
193417
193517
193612
193710
193810
193912
19408
19419
19428
194312
19446
19457
19469
19475
19489
19496
19506
19518
19527
19537
195410
19558
19567
19575
19585
19597
19608
19617
19629
19638
19646
19657
19665
19673
19687
19699
19707
197114
197210
19739
19749
197516
19769
197712
197817
19794
19805
19817
19824
19834
19844
19853
19865
19873
19883
19893
19903
19914
19944
20153

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Paulita 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2015
5
Rank in 2015
#16,419
How rare
1 in 357,019 girls
Since 1888
991

Paulita was last recorded in 2015. 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 1888, at 28 per million girls born.

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

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