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Paulie

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Diminutive of Paul

Paulie has been given to 77 babies in the U.S. since 1920. 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 1927, with 11 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 78% boys, 22% girls all-time.

Babies named Paulie, 2022

1 in 564,000

Paulie over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Paulie over time

In 2025, Paulie went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19202025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Paulie: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Paul

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Paulie means

Paulie is a diminutive of Paul.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Paulie is used in English.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɔl.i/ for Paulie.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Paulie → Paul. The family’s meaning is “small”, recorded in English with the source elements paulus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Paul.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 60 boys were recorded with the name Paulie between 1920 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1927; its best national rank was #2,655 in 1927.

In the United States, 17 girls were recorded with the name Paulie between 1951 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1951; its best national rank was #5,271 in 1951.

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 Paulie?

Paulie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022
1 in 564,000
6 of 3,385,755 births
Among boys only
1 in 291,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2022
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
391,139 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Paulie sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2022 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 391,139 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Paulie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Paulies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Paulie was born before 2001 — so the typical Paulie is around 24 today.

Median birth year
2001
About 24 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
36.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
53.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
32
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Choose a decade

1920s — 36.7% of all recorded uses (22).

Is Paulie 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1927 (11)
Years since peak
98
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,655
1927

Spellings of Paulie

Paulie is not the most common spelling — Paul is, with 97.6% against Paulie's <0.01%.

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.

Paulie around the world

Where Paulie 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.

  • England & Wales
    2008–2024
    #5,120
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Paulie by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,655
1927
Peak year
1927
11 that year
First recorded
1920
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
60
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#14,499
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#5,271
1951
Peak year
1951
6 that year
First recorded
1951
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
17
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Paulie

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

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Sibling names for Paulie

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

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