Pauline was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #32 in 1915 but is far less common today.
Pauline is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,986 for girl births in the United States (and #5,251 across all names), given to 56 babies. Pauline was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (7,222 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | 56 | #2,986 | — |
| 2024 | 45 | 45 | #3,494 | — |
| 2023 | 63 | 63 | #2,752 | — |
| 2022 | 58 | 58 | #2,919 | — |
| 2021 | 49 | 49 | #3,287 | — |
| 2020 | 53 | 53 | #3,055 | — |
| 2019 | 50 | 50 | #3,211 | — |
| 2018 | 62 | 62 | #2,772 | — |
| 2017 | 60 | 60 | #2,830 | — |
| 2016 | 63 | 63 | #2,754 | — |
| 2015 | 78 | 78 | #2,371 | — |
| 2014 | 68 | 68 | #2,609 | — |
| 2013 | 64 | 64 | #2,719 | — |
| 2012 | 66 | 66 | #2,704 | — |
| 2011 | 68 | 68 | #2,633 | — |
| 2010 | 54 | 54 | #3,111 | — |
| 2009 | 56 | 56 | #3,081 | — |
| 2008 | 68 | 68 | #2,713 | — |
| 2007 | 95 | 95 | #2,128 | — |
| 2006 | 88 | 88 | #2,200 | — |
| 2005 | 114 | 114 | #1,736 | — |
| 2004 | 105 | 105 | #1,818 | — |
| 2003 | 150 | 150 | #1,356 | — |
| 2002 | 145 | 145 | #1,342 | — |
| 2001 | 129 | 129 | #1,463 | — |
| 2000 | 147 | 147 | #1,303 | — |
| 1999 | 147 | 147 | #1,267 | — |
| 1998 | 155 | 155 | #1,200 | — |
| 1997 | 201 | — | #975 | — |
| 1996 | 192 | — | #986 | — |
| 1995 | 212 | — | #897 | — |
| 1994 | 226 | — | #867 | — |
| 1993 | 260 | — | #787 | — |
| 1992 | 223 | — | #889 | — |
| 1991 | 295 | — | #715 | — |
| 1990 | 275 | — | #756 | — |
| 1989 | 266 | — | #741 | — |
| 1988 | 222 | — | #821 | — |
| 1987 | 212 | — | #825 | — |
| 1986 | 219 | — | #776 | — |
| 1985 | 238 | — | #724 | — |
| 1984 | 231 | — | #716 | — |
| 1983 | 254 | — | #676 | — |
| 1982 | 256 | — | #685 | — |
| 1981 | 298 | — | #611 | — |
| 1980 | 290 | — | #630 | — |
| 1979 | 273 | — | #638 | — |
| 1978 | 314 | — | #555 | — |
| 1977 | 292 | — | #590 | — |
| 1976 | 326 | — | #536 | — |
| 1975 | 340 | — | #520 | — |
| 1974 | 387 | — | #465 | — |
| 1973 | 432 | — | #441 | — |
| 1972 | 466 | — | #418 | — |
| 1971 | 548 | — | #396 | — |
| 1970 | 633 | — | #378 | — |
| 1969 | 647 | — | #359 | — |
| 1968 | 692 | — | #333 | — |
| 1967 | 695 | — | #333 | — |
| 1966 | 795 | — | #316 | — |
| 1965 | 873 | — | #306 | — |
| 1964 | 1,031 | — | #287 | #3,522 |
| 1963 | 1,036 | — | #284 | #3,918 |
| 1962 | 929 | — | #304 | — |
| 1961 | 1,141 | — | #267 | — |
| 1960 | 1,119 | — | #268 | #3,953 |
| 1959 | 1,217 | — | #249 | — |
| 1958 | 1,209 | — | #248 | — |
| 1957 | 1,350 | — | #229 | #3,476 |
| 1956 | 1,374 | — | #221 | #4,329 |
| 1955 | 1,351 | — | #221 | — |
| 1954 | 1,431 | — | #210 | #3,112 |
| 1953 | 1,575 | — | #198 | #4,210 |
| 1952 | 1,604 | — | #186 | #2,824 |
| 1951 | 1,627 | — | #180 | #3,625 |
| 1950 | 1,747 | — | #163 | #2,960 |
| 1949 | 1,917 | — | #156 | — |
| 1948 | 1,979 | — | #145 | #2,094 |
| 1947 | 2,187 | — | #137 | #2,819 |
| 1946 | 2,060 | — | #133 | #3,892 |
| 1945 | 1,983 | — | #125 | #2,709 |
| 1944 | 2,138 | — | #124 | #2,431 |
| 1943 | 2,469 | — | #112 | #2,519 |
| 1942 | 2,482 | — | #112 | #2,889 |
| 1941 | 2,361 | — | #109 | #2,607 |
| 1940 | 2,423 | — | #104 | #1,963 |
| 1939 | 2,438 | — | #105 | #1,384 |
| 1938 | 2,675 | — | #97 | #2,606 |
| 1937 | 2,839 | — | #87 | #1,515 |
| 1936 | 3,008 | — | #82 | #1,290 |
| 1935 | 3,096 | — | #80 | #1,576 |
| 1934 | 3,469 | — | #71 | #1,418 |
| 1933 | 3,561 | — | #64 | #1,629 |
| 1932 | 3,922 | — | #59 | #1,573 |
| 1931 | 4,214 | — | #56 | #1,524 |
| 1930 | 4,682 | — | #52 | #1,416 |
| 1929 | 5,051 | — | #50 | #1,473 |
| 1928 | 5,426 | — | #48 | #1,222 |
| 1927 | 6,044 | — | #42 | #1,288 |
| 1926 | 6,388 | — | #39 | #1,321 |
| 1925 | 6,749 | — | #38 | #1,728 |
| 1924 | 6,732 | — | #38 | #2,972 |
| 1923 | 6,726 | — | #37 | #1,855 |
| 1922 | 6,824 | — | #36 | #2,449 |
| 1921 | 7,161 | — | #37 | #1,881 |
| 1920 | 7,200 | — | #36 | #1,805 |
| 1919 | 6,986 | — | #36 | #2,355 |
| 1918 | 7,238 | — | #35 | #2,054 |
| 1917 | 6,918 | — | #33 | #1,572 |
| 1916 | 6,679 | — | #33 | #1,453 |
| 1915 | 6,345 | — | #32 | #2,411 |
| 1914 | 4,706 | — | #34 | #2,592 |
| 1913 | 3,646 | — | #35 | #1,911 |
| 1912 | 3,172 | — | #38 | #1,848 |
| 1911 | 2,354 | — | #38 | #1,262 |
| 1910 | 2,166 | — | #42 | #918 |
| 1909 | 1,903 | — | #48 | #1,243 |
| 1908 | 1,707 | — | #51 | #1,546 |
| 1907 | 1,591 | — | #52 | — |
| 1906 | 1,436 | — | #53 | #981 |
| 1905 | 1,390 | — | #54 | #903 |
| 1904 | 1,243 | — | #56 | — |
| 1903 | 1,042 | — | #62 | — |
| 1902 | 985 | — | #70 | — |
| 1901 | 938 | — | #64 | — |
| 1900 | 1,104 | — | #71 | — |
| 1899 | 817 | — | #72 | #1,027 |
| 1898 | 900 | — | #70 | — |
| 1897 | 777 | — | #72 | — |
| 1896 | 761 | — | #75 | #1,226 |
| 1895 | 734 | — | #76 | — |
| 1894 | 656 | — | #80 | — |
| 1893 | 551 | — | #86 | #1,002 |
| 1892 | 526 | — | #92 | — |
| 1891 | 455 | — | #93 | — |
| 1890 | 475 | — | #90 | — |
| 1889 | 415 | — | #95 | — |
| 1888 | 393 | — | #98 | — |
| 1887 | 314 | — | #104 | — |
| 1886 | 276 | — | #111 | — |
| 1885 | 254 | — | #109 | — |
| 1884 | 230 | — | #114 | — |
| 1883 | 198 | — | #113 | — |
| 1882 | 204 | — | #108 | — |
| 1881 | 166 | — | #110 | — |
| 1880 | 144 | — | #115 | — |