girl's name

Paulina

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Top 1000 (US)
  • Births on record 22,648

the United States

#783

2025 births

Paulina is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 346 babies in the United States, ranking #783. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Peaked in 2002, when 822 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 9,582 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Paulina over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

6,562
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Paulina by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 86
1890s 120
1900s 89
1910s 232
1920s 474
1930s 246
1940s 179
1950s 228
1960s 326
1970s 451
1980s 1,110
1990s 4,639
2000s 6,562
2010s 3,289
2020s (to 2025) 2,111

How popular is Paulina?

In 2025, Paulina was given to 346 babies in the United States, ranking #783 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Paulina is used

Northern Ireland #466 3 in 2017
Ireland #645 5 in 2020
United States #783 346 in 2025
Scotland #810 3 in 2020
Canada #1,726 13 in 2024
England & Wales #3,874 6 in 2025
France #5,734 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Paulina

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Paulina also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Paulina over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Paulina in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Bulgarian
Polina
Italian
Paolina
Moldovan
Polina
Russian
Polina
Spanish
Pabla
Ukrainian
Polina
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Pavlina

Sibling names for Paulina

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Paulina — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Paulina

How popular is the name Paulina?

In 2025, Paulina was given to 346 babies in the United States, ranking #783 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

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

Paulina is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Paulina?

Paulina has 3 syllables.

When was Paulina most popular?

Paulina peaked in 2002, when 822 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Paulina a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Paulina currently ranks #783 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.