# Pauli (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/pauli/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 31 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 31 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 5 | 5,842 |
| 1953 | 6 | 5,504 |
| 1954 | 5 | 6,395 |
| 1957 | 5 | 6,794 |
| 1958 | 5 | 6,772 |
| 1962 | 5 | 7,305 |

## People named Pauli

- Pauli Nevala, Finnish athletics competitor (1940–2025)
- Pauli Murray, American writer, activist, lawyer and Episcopal priest (1910-1985)
- Pauli Jørgensen, Danish footballer (1905-1993)
- Pauli Toivonen, Finnish rally driver (1929–2005)
- Pauli Rantasalmi, Finnish guitarist
- Pauli Janhonen, Finnish sport shooter
- Pauli Pitkänen, Finnish cross-country skier (1911-1941)
- Hans Pauli Olsen, Faroese sculptor
- Pauli Siitonen, Finnish cross-country skier
- Pauli Kiuru, Finnish politician
- Jens Pauli Heinesen, Faroese writer (1932-2011)
- Pauli Salonen, Finnish Nordic combined skier (1916-2009)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.