Paulet

Girls' name

Small, through Paul

Paulet has been given to 47 babies in the U.S. since 1946. 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 1948, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Paulet, 1963

1 in 660,000

Paulet 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Paulet: meaning, origin, and history

Small, through Paul

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Paulet means

Paulet belongs to the name family reached through Paulet → Paul. Its meaning is “small”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From a medieval diminutive of the given name Paul.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Paulet (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Paulet is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Paul.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 47 girls were recorded with the name Paulet between 1946 and 1963. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1948; its best national rank was #3,092 in 1948.

How common is Paulet?

Paulet had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1963, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1963: 1 in 660,000; 6 of 3,958,455 births
Among girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1963: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 457,300 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Paulet 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 1963 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 457,300 children born in 1963 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Paulet. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Paulets were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Paulet was born before 1948 — so the typical Paulet is around 77 today.

Median birth year: 1948; About 77 years old
Biggest decade: 1940s; 51.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 23; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1940s — 51.1% of all recorded uses (24).

Is Paulet 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 1948 (12)
Years since peak: 77; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 38.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,092; 1948

Spellings of Paulet

Paulet is not the most common spelling — Paula is, with 82.1% against Paulet's 0.01%.

Paula82.1%280,856
Paulette13.8%47,087
Paul1.7%5,842
Arlet0.98%3,346
Pauletta0.74%2,522
Paulene0.41%1,416
Paulita0.29%991
Paulet0.01%47

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.

Paulet around the world

Where Paulet 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
1913–1913
#858
in 1913

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Paulet 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: #3,092; 1948
Peak year: 1948; 12 that year
First recorded: 1946
Last recorded: 1963
All-time count: 47
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Paulet

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

Paulie Pauleth Alilet Paulean Vayolet Dalet Paulia Pauli Vyolet Paulann Vylet Paulisha Adalet Voilet Chalet Paule Pau Paulla Paulena Paulett Vallolet Pauleen Evalet Polet

Sibling names for Paulet

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

Karon Carlotta Mickey Delois Janey Ernestina Cheryle Jonnie

For a brother

Felton Lon Donn Linwood Fredric Lanny Lupe Williams

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