Paulett — #10359 US girls' name
428 babies named Paulett in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to girls today.
28% of everyone ever named Paulett was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Paulett in 1949 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Paulett
The Social Security Administration has registered 428 babies named Paulett between 1942 and 2024, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Paulett currently holds the #10359 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Paulett performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Paulett shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Paulett in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Paulett 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 428 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.
Paulett at a glance
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Current rank
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Paulett popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1942
- Peak year (1949)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 83 years of records
Currently ranks #10359 among girls.
428 total births across 83 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1949 with 22 births in a single year.
Paulett by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 121 births that decade — 28% of Paulett's all-time total
Paulett decade highlights
- Peak decade 121 births
- Runner-up 98 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Paulett's strongest decade
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Paulett by state
Where Paulett concentrates geographically — total births since 1942
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 1.4% |
6 of 428 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1942–2024 (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.