How popular is the baby name Paulette in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Paulette.
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In mid-1991, country music singer Paulette Carlson asked fans to help her name her baby:
She has invited fans to stop by her booth at the annual Fan Fair music festival in Nashville, Tenn., from June 10 to June 14, and submit names. The winning entrant will receive a picnic basket with treats.
Was the winning suggestion really used as the baby’s name?
According to the country music website RolandNote.com, “Paulette Carlson and husband Randy Smith [had] a daughter, Cali Gabriel Smith, in Anchorage, Alaska,” on July 10, 1991. “The baby was named during a contest at Fan Fair.”
The bio on Paulette’s website confirms that the baby was a girl, and named Cali. It doesn’t mention Fan Fair, though.
Source: “Paulette Carlson.” Star-News [Wilmington, NC] 30 May 1991: 2A.
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The names Loxie and Loxi both debuted in the U.S. baby name data in 1942:
1944: 8 baby girls named Loxie (fewer than 5 named Loxi)
1943: 13 baby girls named Loxie, 8 baby girls named Loxi
1942: 9 baby girls named Loxie, 6 baby girls named Loxi
1941: unlisted
1940: unlisted
Where did they come from?
The movie Reap the Wild Wind (1942), which was set in the 1840s and starred Paulette Goddard as headstrong protagonist Loxi Claiborne.
Loxi ran a marine salvage operation in the Florida Keys. Her two love interests were Capt. Jack Stuart (played by John Wayne) and Stephen Tolliver, a lawyer from Charleston.
The movie was based on a story by American novelist Thelma Strabel that had been serialized in the Saturday Evening Post in 1940, from April to June.
Do you like the name Loxi? (How would you spell it?)
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