Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Paul

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Paul
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.1% from peak

Peak era

1957

Peak rank proxy

27,012

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19572024

Peak year

1957

Decline from peak

95.1%

2024

1,320

All-time

1,396,943

Paul once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1957, when 27,012 boys were named Paul.

In 2024, only 1,320 boys were given the name.

Down 95.1% from its peak.

All told, about 1,396,943 Americans have been named Paul and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.1% from peak

195727,012 boys named Paul

20241,320 boys named Paul

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