Paulette Girl
How popular is Paulette?
#1,534 girl name in 2025
138 baby girls were named Paulette in the US in 2025, making it the 1534th most popular girl name.
Paulette popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,534 for girls (▼ 128 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 138 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+44% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,039 in 2015, #1,654 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1948 (2,579 girls) |
| Highest rank | #117 in 1946 |
| First recorded | 1907 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Paulette counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Paulette family of names ranked #1,188 for girls in 2025 (#1,145 the year before), with 153 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Paulette | 138 | 90% |
| Paulett | 15 | 10% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Paulette is most popular
Babies named Paulette per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 0.4 per 1,000 (56 girls)
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (163 girls)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (145 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (36 girls)
Paulette by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1910s | 76 | #1,670 |
| 1920s | 314 | #1,279 |
| 1930s | 591 | #678 |
| 1940s | 15,902 | #117 |
| 1950s | 14,883 | #148 |
| 1960s | 7,430 | #321 |
| 1970s | 3,640 | #327 |
| 1980s | 1,227 | #952 |
| 1990s | 792 | #1,406 |
| 2000s | 403 | #2,930 |
| 2010s | 1,010 | #1,569 |
| 2020s | 814 | #1,406 |
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Questions
- Is Paulette a boy or girl name?
- Paulette is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Paulette were girls.
- How popular is the name Paulette?
- 138 baby girls were named Paulette in the US in 2025, making it the 1534th most popular girl name.
- When was Paulette most popular?
- Paulette peaked in 1948, when 2,579 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #117 in 1946.
- How many people are named Paulette?
- 47,152 babies have been named Paulette in the US since 1880. We estimate about 36,537 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 71.
- Where is Paulette most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Paulette was most common in Arizona, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.