Paulina
Paulina was given to 346 girls in 2025, #784 among girls’ names; 20,142 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 18,500 Americans named Paulina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 23 years old and half are between 15 and 31.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Paulina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Paulina mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Paulina is “a female given name from Latin.” Its etymology gives the sense “small” (paulus).
From Latin Paulīna, feminine form of Paulīnus, derivative of Paulus, from paulus (“small”). Name of a third-century saint.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Paulina?
#784 among girls’ names, 2025
Paulina rose from #880 in 2015 to #784 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.18 to 0.22 per 1,000.
822 babies in 2002, the peak
Paulina peaked in 2002, when 822 girls were given it, #366 among girls’ names. The 346 births of 2025 are 42% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 346 | #784 | 0.22 |
| 2024 | 361 | #782 | 0.22 |
| 2023 | 364 | #775 | 0.23 |
| 2022 | 356 | #795 | 0.22 |
| 2021 | 355 | #797 | 0.22 |
| 2020 | 329 | #834 | 0.20 |
| 2019 | 328 | #829 | 0.20 |
| 2018 | 292 | #919 | 0.17 |
| 2017 | 311 | #881 | 0.18 |
| 2016 | 368 | #774 | 0.21 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 315 | #880 | 0.18 |
| 2014 | 280 | #959 | 0.16 |
| 2013 | 323 | #830 | 0.18 |
| 2012 | 321 | #835 | 0.18 |
| 2011 | 361 | #763 | 0.21 |
| 2010 | 390 | #722 | 0.22 |
| 2009 | 469 | #637 | 0.26 |
| 2008 | 531 | #581 | 0.28 |
| 2007 | 657 | #493 | 0.34 |
| 2006 | 607 | #503 | 0.32 |
| 2005 | 791 | #399 | 0.43 |
| 2004 | 738 | #414 | 0.40 |
| 2003 | 725 | #417 | 0.40 |
| 2002 | 822 | #366 | 0.46 |
| 2001 | 648 | #428 | 0.36 |
| 2000 | 574 | #477 | 0.32 |
| 1999 | 589 | #453 | 0.33 |
| 1998 | 475 | #533 | 0.27 |
| 1997 | 519 | #483 | 0.30 |
| 1996 | 464 | #512 | 0.26 |
| 1995 | 428 | #549 | 0.24 |
| 1994 | 437 | #554 | 0.24 |
| 1993 | 470 | #520 | 0.26 |
| 1992 | 428 | #550 | 0.23 |
| 1991 | 415 | #563 | 0.22 |
| 1990 | 409 | #568 | 0.22 |
| 1989 | 295 | #686 | 0.16 |
| 1988 | 174 | #959 | 0.10 |
| 1987 | 138 | #1,103 | 0.08 |
| 1986 | 106 | #1,278 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 58 | #1,919 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 79 | #1,472 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 64 | #1,708 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 67 | #1,697 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 77 | #1,557 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 52 | #2,037 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 50 | #2,043 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 53 | #1,884 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 55 | #1,848 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 39 | #2,201 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 36 | #2,312 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 48 | #1,843 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 47 | #1,820 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 26 | #2,723 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 48 | #1,849 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 49 | #1,819 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 43 | #1,910 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 35 | #2,044 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 28 | #2,306 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,852 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,942 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 26 | #2,455 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 26 | #2,405 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 31 | #2,143 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 37 | #1,909 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 25 | #2,416 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 24 | #2,380 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,939 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 29 | #2,053 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,694 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 21 | #2,453 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 22 | #2,357 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 21 | #2,344 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 24 | #2,109 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 25 | #2,007 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,899 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 21 | #2,196 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 19 | #2,312 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,745 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,139 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 16 | #2,217 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,592 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 24 | #1,780 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 16 | #2,288 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,800 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,629 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,938 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,094 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 15 | #2,168 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,856 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,709 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,540 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,647 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 39 | #1,156 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 39 | #1,160 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 34 | #1,313 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 51 | #1,025 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 66 | #913 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 47 | #1,120 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 48 | #1,093 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 78 | #845 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 40 | #1,276 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 38 | #1,280 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 37 | #1,302 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 34 | #1,401 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,343 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,520 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 35 | #1,293 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,423 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,475 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 33 | #1,218 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 26 | #1,219 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,658 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,338 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 14 | #1,281 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,498 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,354 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,330 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,269 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,160 | 0.02 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,284 | 0.03 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,620 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 10 | #1,189 | 0.04 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,414 | 0.03 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,626 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,296 | 0.03 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,366 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 13 | #1,004 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 13 | #924 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 15 | #866 | 0.06 |
| 1895 | 15 | #855 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 13 | #893 | 0.06 |
| 1893 | 11 | #947 | 0.05 |
| 1892 | 12 | #894 | 0.06 |
| 1891 | 13 | #782 | 0.07 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,079 | 0.04 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,241 | 0.03 |
| 1888 | 10 | #879 | 0.06 |
| 1887 | 12 | #685 | 0.08 |
| 1886 | 7 | #973 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,165 | 0.04 |
| 1884 | 12 | #635 | 0.09 |
| 1883 | 7 | #805 | 0.06 |
| 1882 | 9 | #665 | 0.08 |
| 1881 | 8 | #666 | 0.09 |
| 1880 | 10 | #571 | 0.11 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Paulina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Paulina has been given almost only to girls: 5 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Paulina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Paulina, and how old are they?
18,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 20,142 Americans ever recorded as Paulina. The median Paulina alive today is 23 years old; half are between 15 and 31.
The 2020 Census counted 26,136 people named Paulina (26,060 women and girls, 76 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 16,717 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.6 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 105 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 351 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 636 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 4,010 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 9,120 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,300 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Paulina born?
The states with the most babies named Paulina are Texas, California and Florida, with 66% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 88 | #385 | 2.0× |
| California | 62 | #537 | 2.3× |
| Florida | 36 | #514 | 0.9× |
| Arizona | 18 | #384 | 2.1× |
| Illinois | 12 | #785 | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 12 | #816 | 0.3× |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,178 | 0.5× |
| Colorado | 8 | #690 | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,203 | 0.2× |
| Washington | 6 | #1,017 | 0.7× |
Where Paulina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Paulina is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 2.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Paulina with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 249,378 babies since 1880, Paulina is the second most given (8.1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 346 of their 410 babies (84%), the most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Paulina
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Paulina and names like it
- Compare Paulina and PaulineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sPaulina peaked in 2002.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Paulina since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Paulina: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2002The year the most babies were named Paulina.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Paulina alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with PMost given first.