# Poul (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/poul/  
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 | 39 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 39 / 0 (0% 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1944 | 5 | 3,796 |
| 1969 | 5 | 4,859 |
| 1970 | 8 | 3,748 |
| 1976 | 6 | 5,435 |
| 1977 | 5 | 6,599 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,901 |
| 1995 | 5 | 9,928 |

## People named Poul

- Poul Anderson, American science fiction writer (1926–2001)
- Poul Hartling, Danish politician and diplomat (1914-2000)
- Poul Nielsen, Danish footballer (1891-1962)
- Poul Jensen, Danish astronomer
- Poul Heegaard, Danish mathematician (1871-1948)
- Poul Henningsen, Danish architect and author (1894-1967)
- Poul Ruders, Danish composer (born 1949)
- Poul Dalsager, Danish politician (1929-2001)
- Poul Martin Møller, Danish academic and poet (1794–1838)
- Poul Pedersen, Danish association football player (1932-2016)
- Poul Hartmann, Danish coxswain (1878-1969)
- Poul Petersen, Danish footballer (1921-1997)

## 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.