Popularity in the United States
Numbers
| Paula (feminine) | |||
| Year | Rank | Percent Used | |
| 2023 | #706 | 0.023 | |
| 2022 | #805 | 0.019 | |
| 2021 | #822 | 0.019 | |
| 2020 | #821 | 0.019 | |
| 2019 | #753 | 0.020 | |
| 2018 | #793 | 0.018 | |
| 2017 | #854 | 0.017 | |
| 2016 | #824 | 0.018 | |
| 2015 | #889 | 0.016 | |
| 2014 | #993 | 0.014 | |
| 2013 | #847 | 0.016 | |
| 2012 | #721 | 0.020 | |
| 2011 | #817 | 0.017 | |
| 2010 | #814 | 0.017 | |
| 2009 | #781 | 0.018 | |
| 2008 | #678 | 0.022 | |
| 2007 | #651 | 0.021 | |
| 2006 | #667 | 0.021 | |
| 2005 | #667 | 0.020 | |
| 2004 | #651 | 0.021 | |
| 2003 | #719 | 0.018 | |
| 2002 | #616 | 0.021 | |
| 2001 | #600 | 0.021 | |
| 2000 | #572 | 0.023 | |
| 1999 | #564 | 0.023 | |
| 1998 | #545 | 0.024 | |
| 1997 | #489 | 0.026 | |
| 1996 | #453 | 0.029 | |
| 1995 | #458 | 0.029 | |
| 1994 | #402 | 0.032 | |
| 1993 | #400 | 0.032 | |
| 1992 | #338 | 0.039 | |
| 1991 | #320 | 0.042 | |
| 1990 | #296 | 0.046 | |
| 1989 | #320 | 0.040 | |
| 1988 | #305 | 0.042 | |
| 1987 | #272 | 0.048 | |
| 1986 | #279 | 0.048 | |
| 1985 | #249 | 0.055 | |
| 1984 | #230 | 0.061 | |
| 1983 | #219 | 0.065 | |
| 1982 | #205 | 0.073 | |
| 1981 | #186 | 0.083 | |
| 1980 | #173 | 0.090 | |
| 1979 | #165 | 0.098 | |
| 1978 | #150 | 0.111 | |
| 1977 | #144 | 0.124 | |
| 1976 | #121 | 0.143 | |
| 1975 | #107 | 0.170 | |
| 1974 | #96 | 0.196 | |
| 1973 | #86 | 0.225 | |
| 1972 | #72 | 0.264 | |
| 1971 | #63 | 0.307 | |
| 1970 | #57 | 0.330 | |
| 1969 | #50 | 0.383 | |
| 1968 | #45 | 0.447 | |
| 1967 | #46 | 0.448 | |
| 1966 | #50 | 0.448 | |
| 1965 | #49 | 0.433 | |
| 1964 | #45 | 0.486 | |
| 1963 | #42 | 0.510 | |
| 1962 | #60 | 0.355 | |
| 1961 | #60 | 0.373 | |
| 1960 | #55 | 0.388 | |
| 1959 | #51 | 0.387 | |
| 1958 | #53 | 0.389 | |
| 1957 | #49 | 0.407 | |
| 1956 | #47 | 0.433 | |
| 1955 | #39 | 0.478 | |
| 1954 | #38 | 0.486 | |
| 1953 | #40 | 0.495 | |
| 1952 | #47 | 0.450 | |
| 1951 | #51 | 0.395 | |
| 1950 | #54 | 0.377 | |
| 1949 | #55 | 0.375 | |
| 1948 | #52 | 0.379 | |
| 1947 | #54 | 0.336 | |
| 1946 | #69 | 0.293 | |
| 1945 | #67 | 0.282 | |
| 1944 | #82 | 0.243 | |
| 1943 | #93 | 0.212 | |
| 1942 | #136 | 0.142 | |
| 1941 | #151 | 0.124 | |
| 1940 | #155 | 0.116 | |
| 1939 | #159 | 0.119 | |
| 1938 | #163 | 0.115 | |
| 1937 | #165 | 0.110 | |
| 1936 | #185 | 0.091 | |
| 1935 | #221 | 0.071 | |
| 1934 | #228 | 0.070 | |
| 1933 | #245 | 0.058 | |
| 1932 | #238 | 0.059 | |
| 1931 | #250 | 0.053 | |
| 1930 | #252 | 0.053 | |
| 1929 | #254 | 0.053 | |
| 1928 | #276 | 0.047 | |
| 1927 | #271 | 0.049 | |
| 1926 | #286 | 0.044 | |
| 1925 | #307 | 0.037 | |
| 1924 | #329 | 0.032 | |
| 1923 | #337 | 0.030 | |
| 1922 | #373 | 0.024 | |
| 1921 | #373 | 0.025 | |
| 1920 | #354 | 0.028 | |
| 1919 | #414 | 0.021 | |
| 1918 | #401 | 0.022 | |
| 1917 | #359 | 0.027 | |
| 1916 | #361 | 0.027 | |
| 1915 | #398 | 0.022 | |
| 1914 | #390 | 0.023 | |
| 1913 | #396 | 0.023 | |
| 1912 | #357 | 0.028 | |
| 1911 | #392 | 0.024 | |
| 1910 | #418 | 0.021 | |
| 1909 | #421 | 0.021 | |
| 1908 | #399 | 0.023 | |
| 1907 | #408 | 0.023 | |
| 1906 | #349 | 0.028 | |
| 1905 | #409 | 0.022 | |
| 1904 | #371 | 0.027 | |
| 1903 | #419 | 0.020 | |
| 1902 | #490 | 0.015 | |
| 1901 | #425 | 0.020 | |
| 1900 | #494 | 0.015 | |
| 1899 | #461 | 0.016 | |
| 1898 | #415 | 0.020 | |
| 1897 | #438 | 0.018 | |
| 1896 | #420 | 0.019 | |
| 1895 | #480 | 0.015 | |
| 1894 | #487 | 0.014 | |
| 1893 | #391 | 0.021 | |
| 1892 | #419 | 0.018 | |
| 1891 | #377 | 0.022 | |
| 1890 | #429 | 0.017 | |
| 1889 | #421 | 0.017 | |
| 1888 | #476 | 0.014 | |
| 1887 | #435 | 0.017 | |
| 1886 | #476 | 0.014 | |
| 1885 | #542 | 0.011 | |
| 1884 | #614 | 0.009 | |
| 1883 | #435 | 0.016 | |
| 1882 | #813 | 0.005 | |
| 1881 | #582 | 0.009 | |
| 1880 | #580 | 0.009 | |
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