Paulann — girls' name
25 babies named Paulann in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 1941. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Paulann was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Paulann in 1941 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Paulann
The Social Security Administration has registered 25 babies named Paulann between 1941 and 1963, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Paulann currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Paulann performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Paulann shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Paulann in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 25 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Paulann at a glance
Last recorded 1963Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Paulann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1941
- Peak year (1941)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1963.
25 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1941 with 7 births in a single year.
Paulann by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 12 births that decade — 48% of Paulann's all-time total
Paulann decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Paulann's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1941–1963 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.