Paula

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: German

Meaning

Paula is a common female given name. It is used in German, English, Estonian, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Croatian and Greek languages. In Greek it is Polina.

From Wikipedia

Paula first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1991 with 123 babies (rank #254 that year). In 2024 it was given to 11 girls (rank #2,067). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Paula

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Paula yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,214
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
123
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1991123#254
199294#307
199373#389
199460#421
199575#377
199662#432
199760#437
199831#718
199949#508
200046#531
200126#822
200246#532
200343#585
200427#840
200531#785
200629#852
200736#745
200833#825
200919#1,278
201028#955
201117#1,386
201226#1,005
201321#1,182
201418#1,354
201516#1,455
201613#1,718
201720#1,247
201819#1,281
201915#1,597
202014#1,628
202112#1,862
202215#1,524
20236#3,310
202411#2,067