first name
PAULINE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 70,447 people named Pauline, 66% reported their origin as White, 16.9% as Black and 7.6% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Pauline peaked in 1918, when 7,238 babies got the name.
At least 227,179 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Pauline by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #57. The largest share of babies named Pauline, 51.2%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Pauline is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Pauline has been most common in Maine (4×), New Hampshire (3.9×), and Vermont (3.9×), and least common in Florida (0.35×).
200,462 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Pauline
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Pauline, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Pauline ranks #29,500 of 156,621, with 853 people. See Pauline as a last name
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