Paulius

maleStatistical record

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

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

Paulius: Recorded since 1979, it reached #208 in 1987, and it was last ranked in 2019.

3registrars recorded it
38times a registrar ranked it
41years from first to last
#208highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2019

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2943
2000	#3036
2006	#4052
2007	#4333
2009	#3744
2010	#3865
2011	#2613
2012	#2270
2013	#2954
2017	#3449
2019	#3411

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 22 of the 38 years from 1979 to 2016.

In 2016: #534 among boys in Norway, #713 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1979–2019 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1979
First recorded at #508 among boys in Norway in 1979 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1979–2016
Highest recorded position: #208 among boys in Norway, in 1987 (recorded 1979–2016).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2019
Most recently recorded at #3411 among boys in England and Wales, in 2019.
England and Wales · Boys

Paulius appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 1979, and has registered 261 births with the name.

Paulius across 3 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.

Paulius'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
Norway · Boys	#508 (1979)	#208 (1987)	#534 (2016)	22 of 38	261 (1979–2016)	29 (1987)
England and Wales · Boys	#2943 (1999)	#2270 (2012)	#3411 (2019)	11 of 21	52 (1999–2019)	9 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#596 (2006)	#596 (2006)	#713 (2016)	5 of 11	15 (2006–2016)	3 (2006)

Paulius by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Paulius in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	7	1 of 10	7
1980sbusiest	163	10 of 10	16
1990s	87	10 of 10	9
2010s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Paulius 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 3 regions, from 1979 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #208 in Norway in 1987.

Paulius'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
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#534	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#486	6	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#483	6	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#532	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#374	10	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#553	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#351	11	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#345	12	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#505	6	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#403	10	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#310	16	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#227	27	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#284	17	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#208	29	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#284	19	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#319	15	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#291	18	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#510	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#356	13	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#417	10	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#477	8	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#508	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 3 registrars between 1979 and 2019, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #208, first reached in 1987.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in Norway in 1987.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 27 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.

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.

Paulina · #141, 51y
Pauline · #12, 74y
Paulo · #1199, 28y
Pauric · #132, 55y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Aylin · #207, 33y
Cadan · #209, 28y
Emre · #209, 33y
Christy · #210, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Aurimas · #208, 20y
Kim-Andre · #208, 23y
Kirk · #206, 33y
Fionnan · #211, 34y

Paulius was ranked #208 in Norway · Boys in 1987. 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.

Paulius 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 Paulius without appearing here.

Paulius moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3865 and #3865 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2270 and #4805.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3744 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2954 and #4685.
Kelly Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3449 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #4702.
Sander Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3865 and #2941 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2613 and #3830.

Moved ahead of Paulius

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3865 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2613 and #1398.
Phillip Compare
In 2015 they stood at #486 and #487 in Norway · Boys; by 2016 that had become #534 and #157.
Aaron Compare
In 2015 they stood at #486 and #492 in Norway · Boys; by 2016 that had become #534 and #209.
Colin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #486 and #499 in Norway · Boys; by 2016 that had become #534 and #238.

Moved the opposite way to Paulius

Liam Compare
Between 1982 and 2016 in Norway · Boys, Paulius went from #356 to #534 while Liam went from #586 to #8.
Ludvig Compare
Between 1982 and 2016 in Norway · Boys, Paulius went from #356 to #534 while Ludvig went from #588 to #46.
Theo Compare
Between 1986 and 2016 in Norway · Boys, Paulius went from #284 to #534 while Theo went from #637 to #42.
Birk Compare
Between 1990 and 2016 in Norway · Boys, Paulius went from #310 to #534 while Birk went from #562 to #90.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 3 regions, from 1979 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #208 in Norway in 1987. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Paulius

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Paulius across 3 official records

Paulius by decade in Norway · Boys

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Paulius across 3 official records

Paulius by decade in Norway · Boys

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