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Pauline

Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#4,276 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,957 for girls

Pauline is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 2,957th for girls in the US (56 babies).

What does Pauline mean?

Latin

A female given name from Latin.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Pauline a girl's or a boy's name?

Pauline is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 56 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Pauline in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,276among girls
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 56,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 57% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Pauline, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 22 girls.

2025 had more girls named Pauline than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Pauline in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1924 (#75), 1934 (#28), 1944 (#14), 1954 (#17) and 1964 (#53).

1996Busiest: 22 in 19982025
Pauline in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20255#4,276
20244#4,907
20230–
20220–
20214#4,864
20207#3,274
20196#3,738
20188#3,068
20174#4,967
20167#3,389
20156#3,777
20149#2,809
20138#3,060
20128#3,148
20114#4,980
20109#2,741
20097#3,201
200816#1,745
20076#3,396
20065#3,724
200513#1,807
20048#2,406
200318#1,317
20029#2,040
200113#1,542
200014#1,415
199913#1,493
199822#1,049
199718#1,164
199619#1,090

How popular is Pauline in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,957among girls
Babies in 2025
56about 1 in 29,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 1% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 56 girls in the US were named Pauline, making it the 2,957th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,015th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 7,222 girls.

Half of all the girls named Pauline in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1939, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 7,222 in 19182025
Pauline in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202556#2,957
202445#3,459
202363#2,730
202258#2,894
202149#3,250
202053#3,015
201950#3,171
201862#2,743
201760#2,816
201663#2,739
201578#2,351
201468#2,580
201364#2,705
201266#2,679
201168#2,613
201054#3,074
200956#3,046
200868#2,690
200795#2,117
200688#2,186
2005114#1,730
2004105#1,810
2003150#1,347
2002145#1,337
2001129#1,457
2000147#1,299
1999147#1,256
1998155#1,193
1997201#970
1996192#983
1995212#890
1994226#865
1993260#785
1992223#883
1991295#714
1990275#753
1989266#737
1988222#819
1987212#822
1986219#776
1985238#723
1984231#715
1983254#674
1982256#684
1981298#610
1980290#628
1979273#638
1978314#555
1977292#590
1976326#536
1975340#519
1974387#465
1973432#441
1972466#416
1971548#396
1970633#377
1969647#358
1968692#333
1967695#332
1966795#316
1965873#306
19641,024#287
19631,030#284
1962929#304
19611,141#267
19601,113#268
19591,217#249
19581,209#248
19571,343#229
19561,369#221
19551,351#220
19541,423#210
19531,570#198
19521,595#186
19511,621#180
19501,739#163
19491,917#156
19481,965#145
19472,178#137
19462,055#133
19451,975#125
19442,128#124
19432,459#112
19422,474#112
19412,352#109
19402,409#104
19392,414#105
19382,666#97
19372,818#87
19362,981#82
19353,076#80
19343,445#71
19333,542#64
19323,901#59
19314,192#56
19304,655#52
19295,026#50
19285,391#48
19276,011#42
19266,357#39
19256,728#38
19246,722#38
19236,707#37
19226,811#36
19217,142#37
19207,180#36
19196,973#36
19187,222#35
19176,896#33
19166,655#33
19156,334#32
19144,698#34
19133,636#35
19123,163#38
19112,345#38
19102,153#42
19091,896#47
19081,702#51
19071,591#52
19061,428#53
19051,381#54
19041,243#56
19031,042#61
1902985#69
1901938#64
19001,104#71
1899811#72
1898900#70
1897777#72
1896756#75
1895734#76
1894656#80
1893545#86
1892526#92
1891455#93
1890475#90
1889415#94
1888393#98
1887314#104
1886276#111
1885254#109
1884230#114
1883198#113
1882204#108
1881166#110
1880144#115

Names like Pauline

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Florence Alice Charlotte Rose Beatrice Rosie Josephine Lucy Elsie Constance Phoebe Grace

Names related to Pauline

Paulina Paylin Palin

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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, “Pauline: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pauline, updated 20 October 2026.