NameTides

Paul

Paul was the #262 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,316 babies), and #602 in England & Wales and #185 in Canada.

Paul as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Paul as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.025507510018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSNorthern IrelandIrelandScotlandEngland & Wales
Paul as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02550751001880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#262 (1,316)#602 (64)#316 (11)#270 (6)#286 (15)#185 (186)—
2024#262 (1,330)#586 (65)#290 (13)#278 (6)#222 (20)#173 (195)—
2023#256 (1,359)#464 (86)#278 (13)#249 (7)#219 (21)#214 (152)—
2022#262 (1,334)#472 (84)#209 (20)#352 (4)#205 (25)#218 (154)—
2021#257 (1,385)#489 (81)#233 (19)#200 (11)#157 (36)#199 (185)—
2020#252 (1,401)#384 (111)#213 (20)#213 (9)#165 (34)#200 (173)—
2019#245 (1,513)#364 (121)#216 (22)#209 (10)#161 (36)#187 (202)—
2018#234 (1,635)#343 (133)#187 (26)#151 (16)#144 (42)#226 (162)—
2017#225 (1,699)#357 (131)#186 (29)#171 (14)#169 (35)#207 (180)—
2016#206 (1,941)#303 (159)#158 (37)#162 (16)#168 (35)#198 (187)—
2015#199 (2,032)#286 (169)#194 (28)#138 (21)#129 (48)#184 (207)—
2014#201 (2,007)#305 (150)#133 (46)#171 (15)#126 (54)#207 (183)—
2013#198 (2,038)#285 (161)#162 (34)#94 (34)#124 (53)#201 (180)—
2012#190 (1,958)#259 (183)#154 (38)#133 (21)#103 (69)#204 (170)—
2011#186 (2,078)#263 (182)#125 (50)#143 (19)#97 (81)#202 (174)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1964 at #16.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 860common

Next year

On its recent trend, Paul is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 1,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Paul by state, 2025Alaska: #110AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #262WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #110NHWashington: #220WAIdaho: #188IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #191NDMinnesota: #287MNIllinois: #375ILMichigan: #264MINew York: #237NYMassachusetts: #208MAOregon: #281ORNevada: #243NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #221SDIowa: #331IAIndiana: #247INOhio: #222OHPennsylvania: #213PANew Jersey: #231NJConnecticut: #179CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #306CAUtah: #233UTColorado: #262CONebraska: #293NEMissouri: #261MOKentucky: #199KYWest Virginia: #183WVVirginia: #237VAMaryland: #330MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #272AZNew Mexico: #311NMKansas: #265KSArkansas: #221ARTennessee: #299TNNorth Carolina: #260NCSouth Carolina: #255SCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: #426OKLouisiana: #278LAMississippi: #312MSAlabama: #301ALGeorgia: #393GAHawaii: #214HITexas: #292TXFlorida: #307FL
Paul (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#59111
Ontario2024#26451

Paul (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PaulCanadaGirls—too few
PaulCanadaBoys#185186
PaulEngland & WalesBoys#60264
PaulIrelandBoys#28615
PaulNorthern IrelandBoys#2706
PaulNSWBoys—too few
PaulScotlandBoys#31611
PaulUSGirls—too few
PaulUSBoys#2621,316