Paulette
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #1,534 for girls
Paulette is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,534th for girls in the US (138 babies).
What does Paulette mean?
French
A female given name from French.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Paulette a girl's or a boy's name?
Paulette is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 138 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Paulette in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,534among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 138about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 138 girls in the US were named Paulette, making it the 1,534th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,654th. Its busiest year was 1948, with 2,579 girls. It first appears in the records in 1907.
Half of all the girls named Paulette in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1964, the years shaded on the chart below.
Paulette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 138 | #1,534 |
| 2024 | 159 | #1,406 |
| 2023 | 135 | #1,569 |
| 2022 | 131 | #1,612 |
| 2021 | 127 | #1,641 |
| 2020 | 124 | #1,654 |
| 2019 | 131 | #1,614 |
| 2018 | 101 | #1,953 |
| 2017 | 70 | #2,530 |
| 2016 | 78 | #2,385 |
| 2015 | 96 | #2,039 |
| 2014 | 84 | #2,236 |
| 2013 | 95 | #2,032 |
| 2012 | 85 | #2,205 |
| 2011 | 130 | #1,646 |
| 2010 | 140 | #1,569 |
| 2009 | 45 | #3,560 |
| 2008 | 46 | #3,528 |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,930 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,025 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 41 | #3,468 |
| 2002 | 37 | #3,591 |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,021 |
| 2000 | 44 | #3,117 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 56 | #2,458 |
| 1997 | 66 | #2,113 |
| 1996 | 80 | #1,824 |
| 1995 | 61 | #2,184 |
| 1994 | 79 | #1,805 |
| 1993 | 94 | #1,609 |
| 1992 | 100 | #1,545 |
| 1991 | 112 | #1,424 |
| 1990 | 112 | #1,406 |
| 1989 | 153 | #1,088 |
| 1988 | 144 | #1,091 |
| 1987 | 88 | #1,469 |
| 1986 | 90 | #1,420 |
| 1985 | 109 | #1,249 |
| 1984 | 120 | #1,137 |
| 1983 | 99 | #1,260 |
| 1982 | 126 | #1,117 |
| 1981 | 142 | #1,017 |
| 1980 | 156 | #952 |
| 1979 | 158 | #931 |
| 1978 | 210 | #741 |
| 1977 | 190 | #789 |
| 1976 | 182 | #785 |
| 1975 | 252 | #625 |
| 1974 | 312 | #540 |
| 1973 | 385 | #471 |
| 1972 | 466 | #416 |
| 1971 | 680 | #357 |
| 1970 | 805 | #327 |
| 1969 | 638 | #366 |
| 1968 | 629 | #355 |
| 1967 | 701 | #331 |
| 1966 | 690 | #338 |
| 1965 | 707 | #343 |
| 1964 | 838 | #326 |
| 1963 | 858 | #321 |
| 1962 | 741 | #348 |
| 1961 | 774 | #338 |
| 1960 | 854 | #322 |
| 1959 | 956 | #293 |
| 1958 | 1,068 | #268 |
| 1957 | 1,092 | #263 |
| 1956 | 1,234 | #234 |
| 1955 | 1,298 | #225 |
| 1954 | 1,485 | #208 |
| 1953 | 1,763 | #178 |
| 1952 | 1,886 | #163 |
| 1951 | 2,148 | #148 |
| 1950 | 1,953 | #150 |
| 1949 | 2,553 | #125 |
| 1948 | 2,579 | #123 |
| 1947 | 2,334 | #134 |
| 1946 | 2,520 | #117 |
| 1945 | 1,575 | #148 |
| 1944 | 1,438 | #164 |
| 1943 | 1,440 | #166 |
| 1942 | 963 | #211 |
| 1941 | 277 | #413 |
| 1940 | 223 | #452 |
| 1939 | 100 | #678 |
| 1938 | 81 | #775 |
| 1937 | 68 | #836 |
| 1936 | 82 | #733 |
| 1935 | 55 | #937 |
| 1934 | 46 | #1,019 |
| 1933 | 54 | #923 |
| 1932 | 48 | #1,015 |
| 1931 | 33 | #1,258 |
| 1930 | 24 | #1,606 |
| 1929 | 27 | #1,486 |
| 1928 | 34 | #1,309 |
| 1927 | 37 | #1,303 |
| 1926 | 37 | #1,279 |
| 1925 | 30 | #1,503 |
| 1924 | 31 | #1,503 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,490 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,575 |
| 1921 | 33 | #1,409 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,584 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,375 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,427 |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,029 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,670 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
Names like Paulette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Penny Jolene Michelle Colette Yvette Francine Denise Jacqueline Janelle Elaine Robin Adrienne
Names related to Paulette
More French names
Eleanor Beau Esme Darcie Darcy Genevieve Amy Esmae Arleth Elle Russell Monty Mallory Percy Lacey Belle
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Paulette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/paulette, updated 20 October 2026.