Paulene
- Last seen for girls in 2007 at #17,636
- Peak · girls
- 1920 · 40 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,416since 1907
Paulene over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Paulene has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
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| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
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| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 |
| 1996 | — | |
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| 1994 | — | |
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| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | — | |
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| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 |
| 1961 | #2,608 | 22 |
| 1960 | #2,246 | 27 |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1955 | #2,411 | 21 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 |
| 1951 | #2,182 | 21 |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 |
| 1949 | #2,340 | 18 |
| 1948 | #2,188 | 20 |
| 1947 | #1,752 | 30 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 |
| 1944 | #1,340 | 36 |
| 1943 | #1,527 | 30 |
| 1942 | #1,917 | 20 |
| 1941 | #1,472 | 28 |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 |
| 1939 | #1,585 | 23 |
| 1938 | #1,547 | 24 |
| 1937 | #1,784 | 19 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1935 | #1,381 | 28 |
| 1934 | #1,518 | 24 |
| 1933 | #1,470 | 25 |
| 1932 | #1,448 | 27 |
| 1931 | #1,421 | 27 |
| 1930 | #1,661 | 23 |
| 1929 | #1,339 | 32 |
| 1928 | #1,784 | 22 |
| 1927 | #1,728 | 24 |
| 1926 | #1,589 | 27 |
| 1925 | #1,535 | 29 |
| 1924 | #1,503 | 31 |
| 1923 | #1,428 | 32 |
| 1922 | #1,430 | 32 |
| 1921 | #1,237 | 39 |
| 1920 | #1,206 | 40 |
| 1919 | #1,801 | 21 |
| 1918 | #1,380 | 31 |
| 1917 | #1,431 | 27 |
| 1916 | #1,581 | 23 |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 |
| 1914 | #1,740 | 15 |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
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First appearance
1907
The first year at least five girls were named Paulene! It came in at #2,061, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1978, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Paulene is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Paulene in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1907
- Peaked 1920 at #1,206 (40 births)
- Births halved by 1936, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 29,957
- Highest: 1 in 29,957 girls born in 1920 were named Paulene (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 384,523 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 21.8% of all girls named Paulene (308) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 16 | #1,862 (1908) | #2,044 |
| 1910s | 177 | #1,380 (1918) | #1,697 |
| 1920s | 308 | #1,206 (1920) | #1,478 |
| 1930s | 233 | #1,381 (1935) | #1,608 |
| 1940s | 231 | #1,340 (1944) | #1,919 |
| 1950s | 177 | #2,182 (1951) | #2,722 |
| 1960s | 154 | #2,246 (1960) | #3,466 |
| 1970s | 81 | #3,943 (1971) | #6,221 |
| 1980s | 23 | #7,312 (1983) | #7,988 |
| 1990s | 11 | #12,070 (1997) | #12,514 |
| 2000s | 5 | #17,636 (2007) | #17,636 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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