How Many People Are Named Pauline?
people named Pauline are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 6,636 people in the US has this name
Based on 227,179 babies named Pauline in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
7,238 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French feminine form of Paulinus (see PAULINO).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Pauline in English. Counting Pauline and these spellings together, about 52,085 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Pauline (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Pauline alive today is about 69 years old, and 75% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 59 and 82 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Pauline first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 7,238 babies. In 2025, 56 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Pauline never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #32, in 1915, and it was in the top 100 for 51 years, 1888 to 1938. In 2025 it ranked #2,986.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,986 |
| Best rank | #32 (1915) |
| Years in the top 100 | 51 (1888 to 1938) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #37 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Pauline alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Pauline were born in California than in any other state: about 5,036 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Pauline was given 4.1 times as often in New Hampshire, 3 times in Maine and 2.9 times in Alaska.
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