Paulina
Paulina is ranked 781st among girls in 2024 (361 births). Its best rank was 366th, in 2002.
- Rank in 2024
- #781down 7 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3610.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 2002822 births
- Best rank
- #366in 2002
- Since 1880
- 19,790people given the name
The story in the numbers
19,790 girls have been named Paulina in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2002, with 822 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2002, and the 2000s alone account for 33%. It has spent 54 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Paulina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 86 | |
| 1890s | 120 | |
| 1900s | 89 | |
| 1910s | 232 | |
| 1920s | 474 | |
| 1930s | 246 | |
| 1940s | 179 | |
| 1950s | 228 | |
| 1960s | 326 | |
| 1970s | 452 | |
| 1980s | 1,110 | |
| 1990s | 4,634 | |
| 2000s | 6,562 | |
| 2010s | 3,288 | |
| 2020s | 1,764 |
In 2002, its biggest year
Paulina was the 366th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2002 were Emily, Madison, Hannah, Emma and Alexis. See all of 2002.
Names that rose and fell with Paulina
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hannapeak 2000
- Maireadpeak 2002
- Carolinapeak 2004
- Kaijapeak 2002
- Zeinabpeak 1999
- Kiarapeak 1999
- Imanpeak 1996
- Katyapeak 2001
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.