Paulia — girls' name
15 babies named Paulia in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
67% of everyone ever named Paulia was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Paulia in 1956 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Paulia
The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Paulia between 1956 and 1962, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Paulia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1962. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Paulia performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Paulia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Paulia 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 15 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.
Paulia at a glance
Last recorded 1962Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Paulia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–1956
- Peak year (1956)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1962.
15 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1956 with 10 births in a single year.
Paulia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 10 births that decade — 67% of Paulia's all-time total
Paulia decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Paulia's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% 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, 1956–1962 (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.