Pauli
Pauli is a surname and also a Finnish masculine given name and may refer to:
- Finnish
Meaning & Origin of Pauli
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Pauli is a surname and also a Finnish masculine given name and may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
The Story of Pauli
American parents first put Pauli on the record books as a baby girl name in 1949, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1953, when 6 Paulis were born — ranking #5,040 that year. About 68% of every Pauli on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Pauli last appeared in the published SSA data in 1962, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 31 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Pauli
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Pauli. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Paavali
- Paavo
Names that sound like Pauli
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About the name Pauli
Pauli is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1949 and has accumulated 31 births in the dataset. Pauli's peak popularity came in 1953 when it ranked #5,040. Use the chart and map above to compare Pauli'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.