Paulina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- paw-LEE-na
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #783 for girls
Paulina is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “small, humble”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 783rd for girls in the US (346 babies).
What does Paulina mean?
Latin: feminine form of Paulinus, from Paul
“small, humble”
In Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Paulina is the loyal, outspoken lady who defends Queen Hermione.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Paulina a girl's or a boy's name?
Paulina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 346 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Paulina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Paulina, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 79 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Paulina than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Paulina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Paulina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 24 | #1,403 |
| 2018 | 31 | #1,180 |
| 2017 | 41 | #974 |
| 2016 | 29 | #1,243 |
| 2015 | 31 | #1,193 |
| 2014 | 46 | #891 |
| 2013 | 52 | #794 |
| 2012 | 46 | #885 |
| 2011 | 48 | #826 |
| 2010 | 60 | #682 |
| 2009 | 79 | #546 |
| 2008 | 65 | #634 |
| 2007 | 38 | #893 |
| 2006 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Paulina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #783among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 346about 1 in 4,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 346 girls in the US were named Paulina, making it the 783rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 830th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 822 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Paulina than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Paulina in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Paulina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 346 | #783 |
| 2024 | 361 | #782 |
| 2023 | 364 | #773 |
| 2022 | 356 | #793 |
| 2021 | 355 | #797 |
| 2020 | 329 | #830 |
| 2019 | 328 | #828 |
| 2018 | 292 | #918 |
| 2017 | 311 | #880 |
| 2016 | 368 | #773 |
| 2015 | 315 | #880 |
| 2014 | 280 | #956 |
| 2013 | 323 | #828 |
| 2012 | 321 | #834 |
| 2011 | 361 | #763 |
| 2010 | 390 | #722 |
| 2009 | 469 | #636 |
| 2008 | 531 | #580 |
| 2007 | 657 | #493 |
| 2006 | 607 | #503 |
| 2005 | 791 | #397 |
| 2004 | 738 | #414 |
| 2003 | 725 | #417 |
| 2002 | 822 | #365 |
| 2001 | 648 | #428 |
| 2000 | 574 | #477 |
| 1999 | 589 | #453 |
| 1998 | 475 | #532 |
| 1997 | 519 | #483 |
| 1996 | 464 | #512 |
| 1995 | 428 | #549 |
| 1994 | 437 | #554 |
| 1993 | 470 | #520 |
| 1992 | 428 | #549 |
| 1991 | 415 | #563 |
| 1990 | 409 | #567 |
| 1989 | 295 | #683 |
| 1988 | 174 | #957 |
| 1987 | 138 | #1,098 |
| 1986 | 106 | #1,272 |
| 1985 | 58 | #1,905 |
| 1984 | 79 | #1,459 |
| 1983 | 64 | #1,700 |
| 1982 | 67 | #1,684 |
| 1981 | 77 | #1,549 |
| 1980 | 52 | #2,014 |
| 1979 | 50 | #2,020 |
| 1978 | 53 | #1,862 |
| 1977 | 55 | #1,832 |
| 1976 | 39 | #2,174 |
| 1975 | 36 | #2,278 |
| 1974 | 48 | #1,820 |
| 1973 | 47 | #1,805 |
| 1972 | 26 | #2,680 |
| 1971 | 48 | #1,828 |
| 1970 | 49 | #1,804 |
| 1969 | 43 | #1,897 |
| 1968 | 35 | #2,024 |
| 1967 | 28 | #2,272 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,827 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,914 |
| 1964 | 26 | #2,411 |
| 1963 | 26 | #2,363 |
| 1962 | 31 | #2,112 |
| 1961 | 37 | #1,892 |
| 1960 | 25 | #2,368 |
| 1959 | 24 | #2,338 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,861 |
| 1957 | 29 | #2,027 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,621 |
| 1955 | 21 | #2,410 |
| 1954 | 22 | #2,294 |
| 1953 | 21 | #2,300 |
| 1952 | 24 | #2,073 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,967 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,870 |
| 1949 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1948 | 19 | #2,254 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,636 |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,093 |
| 1945 | 16 | #2,148 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,510 |
| 1943 | 24 | #1,750 |
| 1942 | 16 | #2,213 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,666 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,591 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,881 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,021 |
| 1937 | 15 | #2,101 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,801 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,663 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,518 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,606 |
| 1932 | 39 | #1,147 |
| 1931 | 39 | #1,148 |
| 1930 | 34 | #1,289 |
| 1929 | 51 | #1,015 |
| 1928 | 66 | #902 |
| 1927 | 47 | #1,108 |
| 1926 | 48 | #1,079 |
| 1925 | 78 | #841 |
| 1924 | 40 | #1,258 |
| 1923 | 38 | #1,267 |
| 1922 | 37 | #1,285 |
| 1921 | 34 | #1,374 |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,312 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,481 |
| 1918 | 35 | #1,277 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,402 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,445 |
| 1915 | 33 | #1,190 |
| 1914 | 26 | #1,199 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,601 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,297 |
| 1911 | 14 | #1,241 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,421 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,290 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,261 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,206 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,237 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,485 |
| 1903 | 10 | #1,137 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,320 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,230 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,277 |
| 1898 | 13 | #963 |
| 1897 | 13 | #895 |
| 1896 | 15 | #843 |
| 1895 | 15 | #815 |
| 1894 | 13 | #850 |
| 1893 | 11 | #901 |
| 1892 | 12 | #861 |
| 1891 | 13 | #750 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,146 |
| 1888 | 10 | #837 |
| 1887 | 12 | #661 |
| 1886 | 7 | #897 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,047 |
| 1884 | 12 | #614 |
| 1883 | 7 | #754 |
| 1882 | 9 | #634 |
| 1881 | 8 | #623 |
| 1880 | 10 | #547 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Paulina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/paulina, updated 20 October 2026.