Paulene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Paulene

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,416 babies named Paulene between 1907 and 2007, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Paulene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Paulene performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 308 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Paulene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Paulene in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Paulene 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 1,416 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.