Paulina — #779 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Paulina

The Social Security Administration has registered 19,790 babies named Paulina between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Paulina currently holds the #779 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 822 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Paulina performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 6,562 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Paulina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5,769 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Paulina in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Paulina 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 19,790 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.