Pauleen — girls' name
142 babies named Pauleen in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
22% of everyone ever named Pauleen was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Pauleen in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Pauleen
The Social Security Administration has registered 142 babies named Pauleen between 1916 and 1996, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pauleen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Pauleen performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Pauleen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Pauleen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 142 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Pauleen at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Pauleen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1916
- Peak year (1918)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 81 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
142 total births across 81 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 11 births in a single year.
Pauleen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 31 births that decade — 22% of Pauleen's all-time total
Pauleen decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Pauleen's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1916–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.