Paul

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

Paul is a common Latin masculine given name in countries and ethnicities with a Christian heritage and, beyond Europe, in Christian religious communities throughout the world. Paul โ€“ or its variations โ€“ can be a given name or surname.

From Wikipedia

Paul first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1966 with 912 babies (rank #33 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Paul

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

26,432
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
912
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1955560#42
1956579#40
1957644#38
1958659#36
1959717#35
1960741#34
1961732#37
1962784#35
1963764#35
1964816#34
1965797#35
1966912#33
1967824#36
1968824#34
1969879#35
1970803#37
1971746#35
1972617#43
1973542#39
1974495#43
1975544#33
1976584#28
1977602#25
1978691#21
1979580#28
1980651#26
1981680#21
1982679#20
1983655#21
1984608#26
1985582#31
1986561#34
1987476#38
1988445#41
1989429#41
1990381#55
1991378#52
1992307#68
1993287#72
1994289#69
1995221#89
1996165#124
1997165#120
1998133#160
1999131#154
2000131#163
200196#202
200294#204
200374#253
200466#258
200546#330
200653#291
200738#351
200846#318
200931#387
201026#429
201121#477
201214#591
201320#468
201417#512