Pauline was more popular than Paula for American baby girls until 1943
The height of Paula’s popularity in the USA was between 1943 and 1974. In that period, its top rank was No. 38 (1954) and its lowest was No. 96 (1974)
Paloma first appeared in the Top 1000 most popular American girl names in 1993 at No. 994. It never got higher than No. 704 (2010)