PAUL is ranked as the 25th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 1,468,733.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 460.62 people named PAUL for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 92% 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 PAUL is 944,813.
The SSA data also shows that PAUL is used as a boy's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
PAUL is
80.4% White,
5.6% Hispanic origin,
9.5% Black,
2.6% 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 PAUL have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name PAUL is included in the following name categories:
Swedish masculine given name
Masculine given name
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
Estonian masculine given name
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
French masculine given name
German masculine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Romanian masculine given name
English masculine given name
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
German Common surname
Biblical surname
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name PAUL
The state with the most people named
PAUL is
California where
182,557 people have this name.
New Hampshire is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named PAUL, as
703.51 in every 100,000
New Hampshirites
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
New Hampshire 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
Mississippi
(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 PAUL
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
47,580
369.39
99.9%
Indiana
26,326
399.07
99.9%
Iowa
16,244
522.79
99.9%
Kansas
8,840
304.39
99.6%
Michigan
57,447
579.7
100.0%
Minnesota
38,146
699.01
100.0%
Missouri
7,279
243.12
99.7%
Nebraska
5,532
294.02
99.4%
North Dakota
2,718
367.56
99.2%
Ohio
45,089
388.89
99.9%
South Dakota
2,697
316.12
98.9%
Wisconsin
38,001
660.01
100.0%
West States
State stats for the first name PAUL
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
2,517
341.58
99.1%
Arizona
25,594
380.21
99.9%
California
182,557
470.48
100.0%
Colorado
20,293
378.9
99.8%
Hawaii
6,304
444.05
100.0%
Idaho
5,302
324.36
99.5%
Montana
3,271
319.58
99.2%
Nevada
9,712
342.09
99.8%
New Mexico
8,638
414.19
99.8%
Oregon
13,999
352.59
99.8%
Utah
9,515
323.34
99.7%
Washington
38,243
541.57
100.0%
Wyoming
1,772
303.3
98.8%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name PAUL
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have PAUL 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 PAUL.
The most popular full name is PAUL Smith.
0.68% of all the people named PAUL
have this family name.
There are 90024 last
names associated with this first name.