Pauline
Pauline is a female given name. It was originally the French form of Paulina, a female version of Paulinus, a variant of Paulus meaning the little, hence the younger.
Meaning & Origin of Pauline
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Pauline is a female given name. It was originally the French form of Paulina, a female version of Paulinus, a variant of Paulus meaning the little, hence the younger.
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The Story of Pauline
Pauline first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 144 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1918, when 7,222 Paulines were born — ranking #35 that year. As of 2026, Pauline ranks #3,161 for baby girls with 51 births, holding steady (-3%). In total, more than 226K Paulines have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Pauline
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- Pauline Adams (1874–1958), Irish-American suffragist
- Pauline Ado (b. 1991), French professional surfer
- Pauline Alderman (1893–1983), US musicologist and composer
- Pauline Allen (b. 1948), Australian scholar of early Christianity
- Pauline Amelinckx (b. 1995), Filipina model
- Pauline Amos , British performance artist
- Pauline Antoine-Prospere , Saint Lucian politician
- Pauline Armitage , Northern Ireland politician
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Names that sound like Pauline
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About the name Pauline
Pauline is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 226K births in the dataset. Pauline's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #32. Use the chart and map above to compare Pauline's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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