Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Paula

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

Endangered Down 96.3% from peak

Peak era

1963

Peak rank proxy

10,151

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19632024

Peak year

1963

Decline from peak

96.3%

2024

374

All-time

280,537

Paula 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 1963, when 10,151 girls were named Paula.

In 2024, only 374 girls were given the name.

Down 96.3% from its peak.

All told, about 280,537 Americans have been named Paula and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.3% from peak

196310,151 girls named Paula

2024374 girls named Paula

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