Paul

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #262in 2025
  • 1 in 1,297boys in 2025
  • −27%last ten years
  • 1.7×in Connecticut

Most popular in 1964. Quieter now: down 27% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

06,74313,48618801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Paul, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18802,724
18812,889
18823,492
18833,422
18843,687
18853,970
18864,206
18874,428
18884,377
18895,019
18905,467
18915,574
18926,121
18936,615
18947,118
18957,948
18968,063
18978,186
18988,078
18998,332
19008,560
19018,679
19028,699
19039,067
19049,319
19059,538
19069,823
19079,249
19089,577
190910,220
191010,324
191110,590
191211,129
191311,639
191411,810
191512,171
191612,123
191712,054
191811,599
191911,534
192011,810
192111,956
192211,875
192312,190
192411,775
192512,703
192612,294
192712,072
192811,881
192911,557
193011,805
193111,787
193211,556
193311,955
193411,811
193512,064
193611,866
193712,076
193812,045
193912,049
194012,161
194112,347
194211,941
194312,088
194412,225
194512,628
194612,970
194712,460
194812,112
194912,170
195012,145
195112,138
195212,498
195312,934
195412,861
195512,962
195612,715
195712,522
195812,375
195912,046
196012,025
196112,070
196211,505
196313,132
196413,486
196513,396
196613,220
196713,087
196812,581
196911,570
197010,868
19719,878
19728,976
19738,277
19747,829
19757,697
19767,509
19777,180
19787,146
19796,756
19806,625
19816,574
19826,233
19836,041
19845,796
19855,581
19865,276
19875,199
19884,930
19894,512
19904,177
19913,801
19923,506
19933,304
19943,001
19952,844
19962,578
19972,521
19982,261
19992,094
20001,932
20011,813
20021,681
20031,648
20041,608
20051,575
20061,478
20071,335
20081,252
20091,224
20101,110
20111,094
20121,032
20131,077
20141,045
20151,060
20161,023
2017918
2018900
2019843
2020812
2021792
2022764
2023794
2024772
2025770

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Connecticut 1.7×
  2. Pennsylvania 1.5×
  3. Arkansas 1.5×
  4. Michigan 1.5×
  5. Kansas 1.4×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,316
Rank in 2025
#262
How rare
1 in 1,297 boys
Since 1880
1,398,293

Most popular in 1964, at 13,486 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 27% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Connecticut1.7×54
Pennsylvania1.5×184
Arkansas1.5×44
Michigan1.5×137
Kansas1.4×45

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.