Paulmichael — boys' name
182 babies named Paulmichael in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Paulmichael was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Paulmichael in 1984 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Paulmichael
The Social Security Administration has registered 182 babies named Paulmichael between 1976 and 2004, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Paulmichael currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Paulmichael performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Paulmichael shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Paulmichael in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Paulmichael 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 182 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.
Paulmichael at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Paulmichael popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1976
- Peak year (1984)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
182 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1984 with 16 births in a single year.
Paulmichael by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 101 births that decade — 55% of Paulmichael's all-time total
Paulmichael decade highlights
- Peak decade 101 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Paulmichael's strongest decade
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Paulmichael by state
Where Paulmichael concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15 | 8.2% |
15 of 182 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 8.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.2% 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, 1976–2004 (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.