first name
PAULETTE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 39,212 people named Paulette, 60% reported their origin as White, 29.9% as Black and 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Paulette peaked in 1948, when 2,586 babies got the name.
At least 47,152 babies have been given the name since 1907. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Paulette by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #312. The largest share of babies named Paulette, 61.5%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Paulette is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Paulette has been most common in North Dakota (3.3×), Hawaii (2.9×), and District of Columbia (2.6×), and least common in Oregon (0.32×).
43,743 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Paulette
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Paulette, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Paulette ranks #29,195 of 156,621, with 864 people. See Paulette as a last name
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