The first name Pauli
A unisex name.
2 syllables Unisex Also a surname
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Pauli at birth, 1880–2025
In 1962, 5 girls born in the United States were named Pauli, the 7,305th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1953, when 6 were.
31
babies named Pauli since 1880
#7,305
rank in 1962
1953
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Pauli
14 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Pauli NevalaFinnish athletics competitor (1940–2025)
- Pauli MurrayAmerican writer, activist, lawyer and Episcopal priest (1910-1985)
- Pauli JørgensenDanish footballer (1905-1993)
- Pauli ToivonenFinnish rally driver (1929–2005)
- Pauli RantasalmiFinnish guitarist, born 1979
- Pauli JanhonenFinnish sport shooter, 1914–2007
- Pauli PitkänenFinnish cross-country skier (1911-1941)
- Hans Pauli OlsenFaroese sculptor, born 1957
- Pauli SiitonenFinnish cross-country skier, 1938–2024
- Pauli KiuruFinnish politician, born 1962
- Jens Pauli HeinesenFaroese writer (1932-2011)
- Pauli SalonenFinnish Nordic combined skier (1916-2009)
Questions
- When was Pauli most popular?
- 1953 in the United States, when 6 babies were named Pauli, its highest rank at 5,504th.
- Is Pauli also a surname?
- Yes. Pauli is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.