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Paul Inventive • Adventurous • Unworldly
Paul Inventive • Adventurous • Unworldly
Inventive • Adventurous • Unworldly
PaulInventive • Adventurous • Unworldly
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Fun Facts
The Beatles' Paul McCartney Is Its Most Famous Bearer; Also Paul Newman And St. Paul (Christian Church's Founder).
Paul Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
99.58%
Male
0.42%
Female
Paul is predominantly a boys name, with 0.42% of Pauls being girls, and 99.58% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 1392794 males named Paul, and 5846 females given the name
Popularity of Paul by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Paul in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Paul: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2026
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Paul' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the girls name Paul in the USA from 1880-2026. 1 being the highest and most popular, 66358 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 66358 unique total names have been given to girls living in the United States so far. Paul's average ranking is 3614.27, with it's highest ever rank being #. Paul has reach the top 10 most popular girls name 1 times, and has reached the top hundred names 1 times.
Paul has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 1398640 girls given the name in the past 200 years. Paul gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1902, when it's usage went up by 193.64%. During this year, 13 babies were named Paul, which was 0.0035% of the baby girls born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.006%, in this year alone more than 0 girls were named Paul.
Popular 'P' Names - Girls
| Name | 'P-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penelope | 1. | 85. | 6367 | 0.176% |
| Paisley | 2. | 129. | 4839 | 0.134% |
| Piper | 3. | 167. | 3926 | 0.109% |
| Peyton | 4. | 194. | 3482 | 0.096% |
| Paige | 5. | 344. | 2041 | 0.056% |
| Payton | 6. | 396. | 1793 | 0.05% |
| Presley | 7. | 437. | 1595 | 0.044% |
| Parker | 8. | 464. | 1470 | 0.041% |
| Paris | 9. | 577. | 1152 | 0.032% |
| Paislee | 10. | 586. | 1130 | 0.031% |
| Phoebe | 11. | 652. | 1021 | 0.028% |
| Phoenix | 12. | 870. | 719 | 0.02% |
| Priscilla | 13. | 930. | 666 | 0.018% |
| Pearl | 14. | 1099. | 546 | 0.015% |
| Penny | 15. | 1326. | 416 | 0.011% |
| Perla | 16. | 1341. | 407 | 0.011% |
| Patricia | 17. | 1411. | 380 | 0.011% |
| Poppy | 18. | 1416. | 379 | 0.01% |
| Princess | 19. | 1444. | 369 | 0.01% |
| Paulina | 20. | 1447. | 367 | 0.01% |