How Many People Are Named Paulette?
people named Paulette are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 9,479 people in the US has this name
Based on 47,152 babies named Paulette in Social Security records from 1907 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,586 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French feminine diminutive of PAUL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Paulette (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Paulette alive today is about 64 years old, and 72% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 58 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Paulette first appears in the records in 1907 and was given most often in 1948, to 2,586 babies. In 2025, 138 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1907 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Paulette has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #117, in 1946. In 2025 it ranked #1,536.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,536 |
| Best rank | #117 (1946) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #164 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Paulette alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Paulette were born in California than in any other state: about 3,204 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Paulette was given 3.1 times as often in North Dakota, 2.7 times in Hawaii and 2 times in Louisiana.
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