Paule
Paule is both a feminine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
- French
Meaning & Origin of Paule
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Paule is both a feminine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Paule
The earliest SSA record of Paule as a baby girl name dates back to 1952, when 5 babies received it. 1953 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Paule — #4,227 in the national rankings. About 72% of every Paule on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Paule last appeared in the published SSA data in 1973, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 18 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Paule
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Paule. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Paule
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About the name Paule
Paule is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1952 and has accumulated 18 births in the dataset. Paule's peak popularity came in 1953 when it ranked #4,227. Use the chart and map above to compare Paule's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.