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Paulette

Girl

Origin of the name

Paulette is a French feminine pet form of Paul, from the Latin Paulus, “small.”

Short-lived name

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Paulette peaked in 1948, when 1 baby in 1,339 was given the name. Since then, the name has fallen 95%, to about 138 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 1534. 34% of all babies named Paulette since 1880 were born in the 1940s.
47,087births since 1880
1940sgeneration
No. 123rank at its peak, in 1948

Where babies named Paulette are born

1948

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

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Paulette is most common in North Dakota (3.5 times), Hawaii (2.8) and District of Columbia (2.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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