Girls' name · since 1920
Paolina
183 babies named Paolina in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,747 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,021 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 183
- born since 1920
- 2000s
- peak decade
183 babies have been named Paolina since 1920, making it today's #11021 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Paolina recorded 183 times among girls since 1920, holding rank #11021 nationally today, ahead of 36% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2025.
- #20,747 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,021 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 183 born since 1920
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Paolina ranks #20,747 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,021 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 183 born since 1920, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,747 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,021 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 183
- born since 1920
- 2000s
- peak decade
Paolina's 183 recorded births place it above 71.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Paolina compares
183 35th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Paolina's all-time total is 51% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Paolina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 183 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Paolina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Paolina's full recorded timeline at 2007, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1920, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Paolina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Paolina by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (75 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Paolina's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Paolina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
45 births
- 2000s
2000s
75 births
- 2010s 28
2010s
28 births
- 2020s
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 75 births (41% of all-time use).
Paolina by state
Where Paolina concentrates geographically, total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 6.0% |
11 of 183 births nationwide.
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What to do with Paolina's data
- Paolina's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (75 total births) through the 2020s (30) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Paolinas (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Paolina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~105 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1920–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Paolina draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.