TheNameDBPaul
M FPaul is a given name of Latin origin used predominantly for boys. There have been 1,402,786 people born with this name in the United States since 1880 — 1,396,943 as boys and 5,843 as girls. Paul gained popularity in the 1910s, peaked in 1957 and has since declined significantly. It is the #23 most popular name for a boy.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State (2024)
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Yearly Data
| Year | Births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,320 |
| 2023 | 1,359 |
| 2022 | 1,330 |
| 2021 | 1,384 |
| 2020 | 1,401 |
| 2019 | 1,512 |
| 2018 | 1,634 |
| 2017 | 1,697 |
| 2016 | 1,940 |
| 2015 | 2,032 |
| 2014 | 2,007 |
| 2013 | 2,038 |
| 2012 | 1,957 |
| 2011 | 2,077 |
| 2010 | 2,129 |
| 2009 | 2,428 |
| 2008 | 2,554 |
| 2007 | 2,771 |
| 2006 | 3,042 |
| 2005 | 3,150 |
| 2004 | 3,197 |
| 2003 | 3,263 |
| 2002 | 3,263 |
| 2001 | 3,530 |
| 2000 | 3,804 |
| 1999 | 4,026 |
| 1998 | 4,332 |
| 1997 | 4,766 |
| 1996 | 4,896 |
| 1995 | 5,425 |
| 1994 | 5,807 |
| 1993 | 6,491 |
| 1992 | 7,018 |
| 1991 | 7,707 |
| 1990 | 8,610 |
| 1989 | 9,072 |
| 1988 | 9,512 |
| 1987 | 9,770 |
| 1986 | 9,784 |
| 1985 | 10,389 |
| 1984 | 10,542 |
| 1983 | 10,910 |
| 1982 | 11,381 |
| 1981 | 11,853 |
| 1980 | 11,892 |
| 1979 | 11,706 |
| 1978 | 11,810 |
| 1977 | 11,875 |
| 1976 | 11,860 |
| 1975 | 12,094 |
| 1974 | 12,410 |
| 1973 | 12,980 |
| 1972 | 14,632 |
| 1971 | 17,563 |
| 1970 | 20,289 |
| 1969 | 20,808 |
| 1968 | 21,985 |
| 1967 | 22,911 |
| 1966 | 23,675 |
| 1965 | 25,012 |
| 1964 | 26,973 |
| 1963 | 26,746 |
| 1962 | 23,881 |
| 1961 | 25,714 |
| 1960 | 25,714 |
| 1959 | 25,784 |
| 1958 | 26,335 |
| 1957 | 27,075 |
| 1956 | 26,967 |
| 1955 | 26,763 |
| 1954 | 26,271 |
| 1953 | 25,559 |
| 1952 | 24,353 |
| 1951 | 22,902 |
| 1950 | 21,798 |
| 1949 | 21,646 |
| 1948 | 21,312 |
| 1947 | 22,856 |
| 1946 | 21,129 |
| 1945 | 17,031 |
| 1944 | 16,704 |
| 1943 | 17,296 |
| 1942 | 16,540 |
| 1941 | 15,230 |
| 1940 | 14,150 |
| 1939 | 13,383 |
| 1938 | 13,395 |
| 1937 | 12,924 |
| 1936 | 12,359 |
| 1935 | 12,622 |
| 1934 | 12,254 |
| 1933 | 11,905 |
| 1932 | 12,146 |
| 1931 | 12,346 |
| 1930 | 13,068 |
| 1929 | 12,522 |
| 1928 | 13,282 |
| 1927 | 13,707 |
| 1926 | 13,739 |
| 1925 | 14,255 |
| 1924 | 13,417 |
| 1923 | 13,438 |
| 1922 | 13,003 |
| 1921 | 13,229 |
| 1920 | 12,645 |
| 1919 | 11,364 |
| 1918 | 11,825 |
| 1917 | 11,218 |
| 1916 | 10,840 |
| 1915 | 10,372 |
| 1914 | 7,776 |
| 1913 | 5,997 |
| 1912 | 4,812 |
| 1911 | 2,408 |
| 1910 | 2,014 |
| 1909 | 1,689 |
| 1908 | 1,487 |
| 1907 | 1,371 |
| 1906 | 1,316 |
| 1905 | 1,268 |
| 1904 | 1,202 |
| 1903 | 1,089 |
| 1902 | 1,080 |
| 1901 | 930 |
| 1900 | 1,297 |
| 1899 | 891 |
| 1898 | 1,000 |
| 1897 | 928 |
| 1896 | 970 |
| 1895 | 941 |
| 1894 | 829 |
| 1893 | 751 |
| 1892 | 752 |
| 1891 | 564 |
| 1890 | 612 |
| 1889 | 555 |
| 1888 | 529 |
| 1887 | 449 |
| 1886 | 472 |
| 1885 | 434 |
| 1884 | 427 |
| 1883 | 358 |
| 1882 | 397 |
| 1881 | 291 |
| 1880 | 301 |