Pauline Name Popularity

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How popular is Pauline?

In 2018 the rare name Pauline, ranked the 2,785th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Pauline is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #32 in 1915.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1918 with 7,222 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Pauline in any given year was 54 in 2010.

Approximately during the years 1881-1890, 1891-1896, 1897-1900, and 1901-1916, the name Pauline took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1947-1954, 1959-1962, 1963-1967, 1968-1975, 1995-1998, and 2005-2009.

Pauline's popularity has steadily decreased for some time. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Pauline has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Pauline?

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Pauline is quite distinctive and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Pauline has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Pauline (Girl)		Pauline (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		61	2,785	< 5	--
2017		60	2,824	< 5	--
2016		62	2,789	< 5	--
2015		77	2,396	< 5	--
2014		68	2,605	< 5	--
2013		64	2,716	< 5	--
2012		66	2,699	< 5	--
2011		67	2,653	< 5	--
2010		54	3,109	< 5	--
2009		56	3,078	< 5	--
2008		68	2,713	< 5	--
2007		95	2,127	< 5	--
2006		88	2,200	< 5	--
2005		114	1,735	< 5	--
2004		105	1,817	< 5	--
2003		150	1,356	< 5	--
2002		144	1,349	< 5	--
2001		128	1,472	< 5	--
2000		146	1,309	< 5	--
1999		147	1,266	< 5	--
1998		154	1,203	< 5	--
1997		201	975	< 5	--
1996		192	986	< 5	--
1995		212	898	< 5	--
1994		226	868	< 5	--
1993		260	787	< 5	--
1992		223	889	< 5	--
1991		297	713	< 5	--
1990		274	756	< 5	--
1989		266	741	< 5	--
1988		222	821	< 5	--
1987		212	825	< 5	--
1986		219	776	< 5	--
1985		238	723	< 5	--
1984		231	716	< 5	--
1983		254	676	< 5	--
1982		256	685	< 5	--
1981		298	611	< 5	--
1980		287	635	< 5	--
1979		273	638	< 5	--
1978		315	554	< 5	--
1977		292	591	< 5	--
1976		324	540	< 5	--
1975		340	520	< 5	--
1974		387	465	< 5	--
1973		431	441	< 5	--
1972		467	416	< 5	--
1971		547	396	< 5	--
1970		633	378	< 5	--
1969		648	358	< 5	--
1968		692	333	< 5	--
1967		695	333	< 5	--
1966		794	316	< 5	--
1965		873	305	< 5	--
1964		1,023	287	7	3,523
1963		1,032	284	6	3,917
1962		929	304	< 5	--
1961		1,137	268	< 5	--
1960		1,114	268	6	3,954
1959		1,217	249	< 5	--
1958		1,207	248	< 5	--
1957		1,340	229	7	3,472
1956		1,369	221	5	4,324
1955		1,349	221	< 5	--
1954		1,424	210	8	3,111
1953		1,570	198	5	4,206
1952		1,597	186	9	2,823
1951		1,620	180	6	3,628
1950		1,739	163	8	2,961
1949		1,917	156	< 5	--
1948		1,965	145	14	2,093
1947		2,178	137	9	2,817
1946		2,053	134	5	3,893
1945		1,977	125	8	2,709
1944		2,127	124	10	2,433
1943		2,459	112	10	2,517
1942		2,473	112	8	2,888
1941		2,353	109	9	2,605
1940		2,409	104	14	1,963
1939		2,412	105	24	1,383
1938		2,665	97	9	2,608
1937		2,818	87	21	1,514
1936		2,979	82	27	1,290
1935		3,076	80	20	1,576
1934		3,447	71	24	1,417
1933		3,541	64	19	1,630
1932		3,900	59	21	1,572
1931		4,190	56	22	1,523
1930		4,654	52	27	1,417
1929		5,026	50	25	1,474
1928		5,388	48	35	1,222
1927		6,012	42	33	1,288
1926		6,356	39	31	1,321
1925		6,729	38	21	1,728
1924		6,721	38	10	2,971
1923		6,707	37	19	1,855
1922		6,811	36	13	2,449
1921		7,142	37	19	1,880
1920		7,180	36	20	1,805
1919		6,973	36	13	2,355
1918		7,222	35	16	2,054
1917		6,896	33	22	1,572
1916		6,655	33	24	1,453
1915		6,334	32	11	2,411
1914		4,699	34	8	2,592
1913		3,636	35	10	1,912
1912		3,163	38	9	1,848
1911		2,345	38	9	1,262
1910		2,153	42	13	918
1909		1,896	48	7	1,243
1908		1,702	51	5	1,546
1907		1,591	52	< 5	--
1906		1,428	53	8	981
1905		1,381	54	9	903
1904		1,243	56	< 5	--
1903		1,042	62	< 5	--
1902		985	70	< 5	--
1901		938	64	< 5	--
1900		1,104	71	< 5	--
1899		811	72	6	1,027
1898		900	70	< 5	--
1897		777	72	< 5	--
1896		756	75	5	1,226
1895		734	76	< 5	--
1894		656	80	< 5	--
1893		545	86	6	1,002
1892		526	92	< 5	--
1891		455	93	< 5	--
1890		475	90	< 5	--
1889		415	95	< 5	--
1888		393	98	< 5	--
1887		314	104	< 5	--
1886		276	111	< 5	--
1885		254	109	< 5	--
1884		230	114	< 5	--
1883		198	113	< 5	--
1882		204	108	< 5	--
1881		166	110	< 5	--
1880		144	115	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.