Paule

Girls' name

Counterpart of Paul

Paule has been given to 18 babies in the U.S. since 1952. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1953, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Paule, 1973

1 in 603,000

Paule over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Paule: meaning, origin, and history

Counterpart of Paul

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Paule means

Paule is a counterpart of Paul.

Origin, language, and formation

Paule is used in French.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Paul.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Paule is pronounced /pol/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 18 girls were recorded with the name Paule between 1952 and 1973. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1953; its best national rank was #4,496 in 1953.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Paule?

Paule had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1973, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1973: 1 in 603,000; 5 of 3,016,706 births
Among girls only: 1 in 292,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1973: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 418,205 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Paule sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1973 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 418,205 children born in 1973 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Paule. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Paules were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Paule was born before 1953 — so the typical Paule is around 72 today.

Median birth year: 1953; About 72 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 72.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 18; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 72.2% of all recorded uses (13).

Is Paule rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1953 (8)
Years since peak: 72; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 60.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,496; 1953

Spellings of Paule

Paule is not the most common spelling — Paula is, with 29.9% against Paule's <0.01%.

Paula29.9%280,856
Pauline24.1%226,404
Paige15.6%146,734
Gayle6.5%61,357
Mable5.7%53,251
Maude4.9%45,754
Paola2.6%24,496
Dale2.3%21,887

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Paule around the world

Where Paule ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1900–2025
#3,730
in 2025
Canada
1991–2022
#2,896
in 2022
South Australia
1949–1949
#387
in 1949

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Paule by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,496; 1953
Peak year: 1953; 8 that year
First recorded: 1952
Last recorded: 1973
All-time count: 18
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Paule

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Paulie Pau Pauli Paulia Paulet Pauleth Paulann Joule Paulyn Paulanne Paulean Saule Soule Pauleta Paulyna Ursule Paulisha Sule Yule Paulla Paulena Paulett Paublita Paulinda

Sibling names for Paule

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Louann Nanci Randy Marita Jacalyn Oralia Luanne Kathlyn

For a brother

Jacky Ike Dannie Val Stanton Stanford Lindsey Jerrold

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