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 1980 and has been recorded in 45 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2000 with 6,690 babies (rank #3 that year). In 2024 it was given to 829 girls (rank #7). 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 — a playful read on the name's character.

157,814
Total babies (all years)
45
Years in the data
6,690
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19801,290#47
19811,290#47
19821,290#47
19831,289#47
19841,289#47
19851,289#47
19861,289#47
19871,289#47
19881,289#47
19891,289#47
19903,335#8
19913,335#8
19923,334#8
19933,334#8
19943,334#8
19953,334#8
19963,334#8
19973,334#8
19983,334#8
19993,334#8
20006,690#3
20016,690#3
20026,689#3
20036,689#3
20046,689#3
20056,689#3
20066,689#3
20076,689#3
20086,689#3
20096,689#3
20104,055#3
20114,054#3
20124,054#3
20134,054#3
20144,054#3
20154,054#3
20164,054#3
20174,054#3
20184,054#3
20194,054#3
2020830#7
2021829#7
2022829#7
2023829#7
2024829#7