Paulita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Paulita

The Social Security Administration has registered 991 babies named Paulita between 1888 and 2015, spanning 128 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Paulita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Paulita performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 166 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Paulita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 389 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Mexico. In total, SSA state-level files list Paulita in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Paulita 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 991 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.