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Paula

Girl

Origin of the name

Paula comes from the Latin Paula, the feminine of Paulus, “small.”

Short-lived name

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1963 was its best year: 10,156 births, or 1 baby in 390. The decline was steep: births are now 96% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 853. 30% of all babies named Paula since 1880 were born in the 1950s.
280,856births since 1880
1960sgeneration
No. 42rank at its peak, in 1963

Where babies named Paula are born

1963

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The darker the blue, the more common Paula is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Paula is most common in Rhode Island (2.3 times), Massachusetts (2) and Maine (1.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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