Paulina

#783 for girls in 2025, 346 births · Last seen for boys in 1999 at #9,912
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2002 · 822 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
20,137
since 1880

Paulina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Paulina has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201880peak #365, 2002girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#783346—
2024#782361—
2023#773364—
2022#793356—
2021#797355—
2020#830329—
2019#828328—
2018#918292—
2017#880311—
2016#773368—
2015#880315—
2014#956280—
2013#828323—
2012#834321—
2011#763361—
2010#722390—
2009#636469—
2008#580531—
2007#493657—
2006#503607—
2005#397791—
2004#414738—
2003#417725—
2002#365822—
2001#428648—
2000#477574—
1999#453589#9,9125
1998#532475—
1997#483519—
1996#512464—
1995#549428—
1994#554437—
1993#520470—
1992#549428—
1991#563415—
1990#568409—
1989#684295—
1988#957174—
1987#1,098138—
1986#1,272106—
1985#1,90658—
1984#1,45979—
1983#1,70064—
1982#1,68467—
1981#1,54977—
1980#2,01452—
1979#2,02050—
1978#1,86253—
1977#1,83255—
1976#2,17439—
1975#2,27836—
1974#1,82048—
1973#1,80547—
1972#2,68026—
1971#1,82848—
1970#1,80449—
1969#1,89743—
1968#2,02435—
1967#2,27228—
1966#1,82739—
1965#1,91436—
1964#2,41226—
1963#2,36426—
1962#2,11331—
1961#1,89337—
1960#2,36925—
1959#2,33924—
1958#2,86217—
1957#2,02829—
1956#2,62219—
1955#2,41121—
1954#2,29522—
1953#2,30121—
1952#2,07424—
1951#1,96825—
1950#1,87126—
1949#2,13421—
1948#2,25519—
1947#2,63715—
1946#2,09420—
1945#2,14916—
1944#2,51113—
1943#1,75124—
1942#2,21416—
1941#2,66811—
1940#1,59124—
1939#1,88118—
1938#2,02116—
1937#2,10115—
1936#1,80118—
1935#1,66321—
1934#1,51824—
1933#1,60622—
1932#1,14739—
1931#1,14839—
1930#1,28934—
1929#1,01551—
1928#90266—
1927#1,10847—
1926#1,07948—
1925#84178—
1924#1,25840—
1923#1,26738—
1922#1,28537—
1921#1,37434—
1920#1,31235—
1919#1,48128—
1918#1,27735—
1917#1,40228—
1916#1,44526—
1915#1,19033—
1914#1,19926—
1913#1,60114—
1912#1,29717—
1911#1,24114—
1910#1,42111—
1909#1,29011—
1908#1,26111—
1907#1,20611—
1906#1,9515—
1905#1,23810—
1904#1,4867—
1903#1,13710—
1902#1,3208—
1901#1,4666—
1900#1,23110—
1899#1,2787—
1898#96313—
1897#89513—
1896#84315—
1895#81515—
1894#85013—
1893#90111—
1892#86112—
1891#75013—
1890#1,0068—
1889#1,1476—
1888#83710—
1887#66112—
1886#8977—
1885#1,0475—
1884#61412—
1883#7547—
1882#6349—
1881#6238—
1880#54710—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Paulina was already there! It came in at #547, and was given to 10 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1886, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

Where Paulina is popular in 1880

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Paulina
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#782 → #783)
  • 47 spots since 2020 (#830 → #783)
  • 97 spots since 2015 (#880 → #783)
  • Biggest jump: 417 spots in 1925 (#1,258 → #841)
  • Biggest drop: 433 spots in 1885 (#614 → #1,047)
Rise & fade · girls
122 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2002 at #365 (822 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 56 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1988–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,186
  • Highest: 1 in 2,186 girls born in 2002 were named Paulina (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,645 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 32.6% of all girls named Paulina (6,562) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s86#547 (1880)#776
1890s120#750 (1891)#916
1900s89#1,137 (1903)#1,359
1910s232#1,190 (1915)#1,355
1920s474#841 (1925)#1,144
1930s246#1,147 (1932)#1,618
1940s179#1,591 (1940)#2,200
1950s228#1,871 (1950)#2,277
1960s326#1,827 (1966)#2,109
1970s451#1,804 (1970)#2,010
1980s1,110#684 (1989)#1,432
1990s4,634#453 (1999)#528
2000s6,562#365 (2002)#471
2010s3,289#722 (2010)#838
2020s2,111#773 (2023)#793

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.

Paulina in 1880

girls
#547
10 births · 1 in 9,099 girls

Top girls' names in 1880

  1. #1Mary7,065
  2. #2Anna2,604
  3. #3Emma2,003
  4. #4Elizabeth1,939
  5. #5Minnie1,746
  6. #6Margaret1,578
  7. #7Ida1,472
  8. #8Alice1,414
  9. #9Bertha1,320
  10. #10Sarah1,288
  11. #547Paulina10
More about 1880

girls

90,994 girls got a published name in 1880; 1 in 9,099 of them was named Paulina, which outranked 41.9% of the 942 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of girls (7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Paulina
  1. #518Vena11
  2. #518Wanda11
  3. #518Wilda11
  4. #547Paulina10
  5. #547Altha10
  6. #547Anastasia10
  7. #547Besse10
  8. #580Adela9
  9. #580Althea9
  10. #580Amalia9

Tied with 32 names at #547; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

See the top 100 for 1880 →