Pauline — #3441 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Pauline

The Social Security Administration has registered 226,348 babies named Pauline between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pauline currently holds the #3441 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 7,222 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pauline performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 64,075 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Pauline shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 17,289 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Pauline in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pauline 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 226,348 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.