Paulene
Paulene is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192040 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1907
- 1,416people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,416 girls have been named Paulene in the United States since 1907, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 40 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 40 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1938, and the 1920s alone account for 22%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Paulene | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 16 | |
| 1910s | 177 | |
| 1920s | 308 | |
| 1930s | 233 | |
| 1940s | 231 | |
| 1950s | 177 | |
| 1960s | 154 | |
| 1970s | 81 | |
| 1980s | 23 | |
| 1990s | 11 | |
| 2000s | 5 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Paulene was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1920 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Paulene
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Emeldapeak 1926
- Wanettapeak 1922
- Orethapeak 1926
- Loletapeak 1923
- Juanitapeak 1924
- Onitapeak 1925
- Willenapeak 1923
- Wanitapeak 1924
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.