Paul Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Paul: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 1,398,293 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

1,398,293

Peak year

1957 #18

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

-17.9%

In the 1950s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	2,078	#186
2012	1,958	#190
2013	2,038	#198
2014	2,007	#201
2015	2,032	#200
2016	1,941	#206
2017	1,699	#225
2018	1,635	#234
2019	1,513	#245
2020	1,401	#252
2021	1,385	#257
2022	1,334	#262
2023	1,359	#256
2024	1,330	#262
2025	1,316	#262

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1957

3,013

2,257

1,856

1,764

1,469

1,451

Names from the same era

Michael · 1957 Kenneth · 1957 Peter · 1957 Douglas · 1957 Keith · 1957 Terry · 1957 Ray · 1957 Micheal · 1957 Glen · 1957 Guy · 1957

Names similar to Paul

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