Paulina is an established variant of Pauline that peaked in 2002 and has grown less common since.
Paulina is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #784 for girl births in the United States (and #1,528 across all names), given to 346 babies — 372 including U.S. territories. Paulina was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2002 (822 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 346 | 372 | #784 | — |
| 2024 | 361 | 391 | #782 | — |
| 2023 | 364 | 391 | #775 | — |
| 2022 | 356 | 378 | #795 | — |
| 2021 | 355 | 377 | #797 | — |
| 2020 | 329 | 351 | #834 | — |
| 2019 | 328 | 351 | #829 | — |
| 2018 | 292 | 303 | #919 | — |
| 2017 | 311 | 324 | #881 | — |
| 2016 | 368 | 378 | #774 | — |
| 2015 | 315 | 331 | #880 | — |
| 2014 | 280 | 287 | #959 | — |
| 2013 | 323 | 329 | #830 | — |
| 2012 | 321 | 330 | #835 | — |
| 2011 | 361 | 370 | #763 | — |
| 2010 | 390 | 399 | #722 | — |
| 2009 | 469 | 488 | #637 | — |
| 2008 | 531 | 538 | #581 | — |
| 2007 | 657 | 672 | #493 | — |
| 2006 | 607 | 617 | #503 | — |
| 2005 | 791 | 803 | #399 | — |
| 2004 | 738 | 750 | #414 | — |
| 2003 | 725 | 741 | #417 | — |
| 2002 | 822 | 842 | #366 | — |
| 2001 | 648 | 672 | #428 | — |
| 2000 | 574 | 594 | #477 | — |
| 1999 | 594 | 614 | #453 | #11,156 |
| 1998 | 475 | 489 | #533 | — |
| 1997 | 519 | — | #483 | — |
| 1996 | 464 | — | #512 | — |
| 1995 | 428 | — | #549 | — |
| 1994 | 437 | — | #554 | — |
| 1993 | 470 | — | #520 | — |
| 1992 | 428 | — | #550 | — |
| 1991 | 415 | — | #563 | — |
| 1990 | 409 | — | #569 | — |
| 1989 | 295 | — | #687 | — |
| 1988 | 174 | — | #959 | — |
| 1987 | 138 | — | #1,103 | — |
| 1986 | 106 | — | #1,278 | — |
| 1985 | 58 | — | #1,920 | — |
| 1984 | 79 | — | #1,472 | — |
| 1983 | 64 | — | #1,708 | — |
| 1982 | 67 | — | #1,697 | — |
| 1981 | 77 | — | #1,557 | — |
| 1980 | 52 | — | #2,037 | — |
| 1979 | 50 | — | #2,043 | — |
| 1978 | 53 | — | #1,884 | — |
| 1977 | 55 | — | #1,848 | — |
| 1976 | 39 | — | #2,201 | — |
| 1975 | 36 | — | #2,312 | — |
| 1974 | 48 | — | #1,843 | — |
| 1973 | 47 | — | #1,820 | — |
| 1972 | 26 | — | #2,723 | — |
| 1971 | 48 | — | #1,849 | — |
| 1970 | 49 | — | #1,819 | — |
| 1969 | 43 | — | #1,910 | — |
| 1968 | 35 | — | #2,044 | — |
| 1967 | 28 | — | #2,306 | — |
| 1966 | 39 | — | #1,852 | — |
| 1965 | 36 | — | #1,942 | — |
| 1964 | 26 | — | #2,456 | — |
| 1963 | 26 | — | #2,406 | — |
| 1962 | 31 | — | #2,144 | — |
| 1961 | 37 | — | #1,910 | — |
| 1960 | 25 | — | #2,417 | — |
| 1959 | 24 | — | #2,381 | — |
| 1958 | 17 | — | #2,940 | — |
| 1957 | 29 | — | #2,054 | — |
| 1956 | 19 | — | #2,695 | — |
| 1955 | 21 | — | #2,454 | — |
| 1954 | 22 | — | #2,358 | — |
| 1953 | 21 | — | #2,345 | — |
| 1952 | 24 | — | #2,110 | — |
| 1951 | 25 | — | #2,008 | — |
| 1950 | 26 | — | #1,900 | — |
| 1949 | 21 | — | #2,197 | — |
| 1948 | 19 | — | #2,313 | — |
| 1947 | 15 | — | #2,746 | — |
| 1946 | 20 | — | #2,140 | — |
| 1945 | 16 | — | #2,218 | — |
| 1944 | 13 | — | #2,593 | — |
| 1943 | 24 | — | #1,781 | — |
| 1942 | 16 | — | #2,289 | — |
| 1941 | 11 | — | #2,802 | — |
| 1940 | 24 | — | #1,629 | — |
| 1939 | 18 | — | #1,938 | — |
| 1938 | 16 | — | #2,094 | — |
| 1937 | 15 | — | #2,168 | — |
| 1936 | 18 | — | #1,856 | — |
| 1935 | 21 | — | #1,709 | — |
| 1934 | 24 | — | #1,540 | — |
| 1933 | 22 | — | #1,647 | — |
| 1932 | 39 | — | #1,156 | — |
| 1931 | 39 | — | #1,160 | — |
| 1930 | 34 | — | #1,313 | — |
| 1929 | 51 | — | #1,025 | — |
| 1928 | 66 | — | #913 | — |
| 1927 | 47 | — | #1,120 | — |
| 1926 | 48 | — | #1,093 | — |
| 1925 | 78 | — | #845 | — |
| 1924 | 40 | — | #1,276 | — |
| 1923 | 38 | — | #1,280 | — |
| 1922 | 37 | — | #1,302 | — |
| 1921 | 34 | — | #1,401 | — |
| 1920 | 35 | — | #1,343 | — |
| 1919 | 28 | — | #1,520 | — |
| 1918 | 35 | — | #1,293 | — |
| 1917 | 28 | — | #1,423 | — |
| 1916 | 26 | — | #1,475 | — |
| 1915 | 33 | — | #1,218 | — |
| 1914 | 26 | — | #1,219 | — |
| 1913 | 14 | — | #1,658 | — |
| 1912 | 17 | — | #1,338 | — |
| 1911 | 14 | — | #1,281 | — |
| 1910 | 11 | — | #1,498 | — |
| 1909 | 11 | — | #1,354 | — |
| 1908 | 11 | — | #1,330 | — |
| 1907 | 11 | — | #1,269 | — |
| 1906 | 5 | — | #2,160 | — |
| 1905 | 10 | — | #1,285 | — |
| 1904 | 7 | — | #1,621 | — |
| 1903 | 10 | — | #1,189 | — |
| 1902 | 8 | — | #1,414 | — |
| 1901 | 6 | — | #1,626 | — |
| 1900 | 10 | — | #1,297 | — |
| 1899 | 7 | — | #1,367 | — |
| 1898 | 13 | — | #1,004 | — |
| 1897 | 13 | — | #924 | — |
| 1896 | 15 | — | #866 | — |
| 1895 | 15 | — | #855 | — |
| 1894 | 13 | — | #893 | — |
| 1893 | 11 | — | #947 | — |
| 1892 | 12 | — | #894 | — |
| 1891 | 13 | — | #782 | — |
| 1890 | 8 | — | #1,079 | — |
| 1889 | 6 | — | #1,242 | — |
| 1888 | 10 | — | #879 | — |
| 1887 | 12 | — | #685 | — |
| 1886 | 7 | — | #973 | — |
| 1885 | 5 | — | #1,165 | — |
| 1884 | 12 | — | #635 | — |
| 1883 | 7 | — | #805 | — |
| 1882 | 9 | — | #665 | — |
| 1881 | 8 | — | #666 | — |
| 1880 | 10 | — | #571 | — |