Girls' name · since 1944
Paullette
Paullette has 182 recorded births since 1944 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1949 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,797 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 182
- born since 1944
- 1950s
- peak decade
182 girls have been named Paullette since 1944, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Paullette has 182 recorded births among girls since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 1991.
- #20,797 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 182 born since 1944
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Paullette ranks #20,797 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 182 born since 1944, peaking in the 1950s.
- #20,797 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 182
- born since 1944
- 1950s
- peak decade
Paullette's 182 recorded births place it above 71.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Paullette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Paullette splits its recorded history at 1956: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1961 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1949 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Paullette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1991
- Peak year (1949)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Paullette by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (84 births, 46% of the file).
1950s was Paullette's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Paullette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
56 births
- 1950s
1950s
84 births
- 1960s 32
1960s
32 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 84 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Paullette's decade-level peak was the 1950s (84 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Paullette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1949)
Similar record span (~47 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1944–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Paullette draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.