Paulette

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Paulette: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Paulette: Recorded since 1966, with a gap of 18 years, its highest recorded position is #310, and it was last ranked in 2000.

2registrars recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
35years from first to last
#310highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Paulette's record

Absent from every published list for 18 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2000

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848
2000	#3912

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 8 of the 14 years from 1966 to 1979.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1966–2000 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #310 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1966–1979
Highest recorded position: #310 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1966 (recorded 1966–1979).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2000
Most recently recorded at #3912 among girls in England and Wales, in 2000.
England and Wales · Girls

Paulette appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 8 years beginning in 1966, and has registered 37 births with the name.

Paulette across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Paulette's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#310 (1966)	#310 (1966)	#420 (1979)	8 of 14	37 (1966–1979)	6 (1970)
England and Wales · Girls	#3848 (1998)	#3848 (1998)	#3912 (2000)	2 of 3	6 (1998–2000)	3 (1998)

Paulette appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1966 to 2000. Highest recorded position: #310 in Republic of Ireland in 1966.

Paulette's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#455	4	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	5	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	6	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	5	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#310	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1966 and 2000, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #310, first reached in 1966.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1970.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 18 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
18 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#3,912position in 2000, its most recent recorded year
32 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
6births registered in its largest year, 1970Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Katie-Lee · #311, 9y
Lauchlan · #307, 15y
Munro · #307, 11y
Orfhlaith · #314, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Johannah · #310, 24y
Mairin · #310, 19y
Myrtle · #310, 18y
Ide · #312, 36y

Paulette was ranked #310 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1966. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Paulette and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Paulette without appearing here.

Paulette moved ahead of

Alexandra Compare
In 1978 they stood at #455 and #274 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1979 that had become #420 and #467.

Moved ahead of Paulette

Tania Compare
In 1974 they stood at #393 and #428 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1975 that had become #455 and #262.
Amelia Compare
In 1971 they stood at #417 and #466 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1972 that had become #471 and #332.
Caoimhe Compare
In 1970 they stood at #326 and #363 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1971 that had become #417 and #289.
Cara Compare
In 1970 they stood at #326 and #396 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1971 that had become #417 and #289.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1966 to 2000. Highest recorded position: #310 in Republic of Ireland in 1966. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Paulette

Paulette at a glance

What stands out in Paulette's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Paulette across 2 official records

Paulette appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Paulette

Paulette and the names beside it

Paulette moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Paulette

Paulette at a glance

What stands out in Paulette's record

Paulette across 2 official records

Paulette appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Paulette

Paulette and the names beside it

Paulette moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Paulette