PAULA is ranked as the 173rd most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 372,053.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 116.68 people named PAULA for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named PAULA is 243,234.
The SSA data also shows that PAULA is used as a girl's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
PAULA is
75.1% White,
9.9% Hispanic origin,
11.5% Black,
1.5% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name PAULA have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name PAULA is included in the following name categories:
Galician feminine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Polish feminine given name
Spanish feminine given name
Common Swedish feminine given name - SCB Data
English feminine given name
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name PAULA
The state with the most people named
PAULA is
California where
42,972 people have this name.
Rhode Island is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named PAULA, as
229.77 in every 100,000
Rhode Islanders
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Texas.
Rhode Island is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Hawaii
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name PAULA
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
10,924
84.81
99.6%
Indiana
7,110
107.78
99.3%
Iowa
3,992
128.49
99.3%
Kansas
2,947
101.46
98.6%
Michigan
12,324
124.36
99.8%
Minnesota
7,207
132.06
99.6%
Missouri
2,785
93.03
98.8%
Nebraska
1,465
77.87
97.7%
North Dakota
643
87
95.0%
Ohio
11,741
101.27
99.5%
South Dakota
849
99.5
95.7%
Wisconsin
7,459
129.56
99.5%
West States
State stats for the first name PAULA
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
908
123.23
96.5%
Arizona
6,354
94.39
99.2%
California
42,972
110.75
99.9%
Colorado
5,267
98.35
99.2%
Hawaii
1,084
76.34
98.7%
Idaho
1,577
96.5
97.9%
Montana
792
77.4
96.2%
Nevada
2,348
82.7
98.7%
New Mexico
1,980
94.93
98.1%
Oregon
3,500
88.15
98.9%
Utah
2,402
81.61
98.4%
Washington
8,584
121.56
99.7%
Wyoming
494
84.61
95.0%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name PAULA
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have PAULA as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named PAULA.
The most popular full name is PAULA Smith.
0.86% of all the people named PAULA
have this family name.
There are 29948 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name PAULA