Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Pauline

#184 most common girls' name of all time · #354 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#184
Rank overall
#354 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
227,179
Since 2016
559
Peak year
1918 #35
Best rank
#32 1915
Girls Boys peak 7,238/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Pauline is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 56 — 56 #2,957
2024 45 — 45 #3,459
2023 63 — 63 #2,731
2022 58 — 58 #2,894
2021 49 — 49 #3,250
2020 53 — 53 #3,015
2019 50 — 50 #3,172
2018 62 — 62 #2,744
2017 60 — 60 #2,816
2016 63 — 63 #2,739
2015 78 — 78 #2,351
2014 68 — 68 #2,583
2013 64 — 64 #2,706
2012 66 — 66 #2,679
2011 68 — 68 #2,614
2010 54 — 54 #3,075
2009 56 — 56 #3,047
2008 68 — 68 #2,690
2007 95 — 95 #2,117
2006 88 — 88 #2,186
2005 114 — 114 #1,731
2004 105 — 105 #1,811
2003 150 — 150 #1,348
2002 145 — 145 #1,338
2001 129 — 129 #1,458
2000 147 — 147 #1,302
1999 147 — 147 #1,259
1998 155 — 155 #1,195
1997 201 — 201 #971
1996 192 — 192 #985
1995 212 — 212 #893
1994 226 — 226 #866
1993 260 — 260 #786
1992 223 — 223 #885
1991 295 — 295 #714
1990 275 — 275 #754
1989 266 — 266 #738
1988 222 — 222 #819
1987 212 — 212 #822
1986 219 — 219 #776
1985 238 — 238 #723
1984 231 — 231 #715
1983 254 — 254 #674
1982 256 — 256 #684
1981 298 — 298 #610
1980 290 — 290 #628
1979 273 — 273 #638
1978 314 — 314 #555
1977 292 — 292 #590
1976 326 — 326 #536
1975 340 — 340 #519
1974 387 — 387 #465
1973 432 — 432 #441
1972 466 — 466 #416
1971 548 — 548 #396
1970 633 — 633 #377
1969 647 — 647 #358
1968 692 — 692 #333
1967 695 — 695 #332
1966 795 — 795 #316
1965 873 — 873 #306
1964 1,024 7 1,031 #287
1963 1,030 6 1,036 #284
1962 929 — 929 #304
1961 1,141 — 1,141 #267
1960 1,113 6 1,119 #268
1959 1,217 — 1,217 #249
1958 1,209 — 1,209 #248
1957 1,343 7 1,350 #229
1956 1,369 5 1,374 #221
1955 1,351 — 1,351 #220
1954 1,423 8 1,431 #210
1953 1,570 5 1,575 #198
1952 1,595 9 1,604 #186
1951 1,621 6 1,627 #180
1950 1,739 8 1,747 #163
1949 1,917 — 1,917 #156
1948 1,965 14 1,979 #145
1947 2,178 9 2,187 #137
1946 2,055 5 2,060 #133
1945 1,975 8 1,983 #125
1944 2,128 10 2,138 #124
1943 2,459 10 2,469 #112
1942 2,474 8 2,482 #112
1941 2,352 9 2,361 #109
1940 2,409 14 2,423 #104
1939 2,414 24 2,438 #105
1938 2,666 9 2,675 #97
1937 2,818 21 2,839 #87
1936 2,981 27 3,008 #82
1935 3,076 20 3,096 #80
1934 3,445 24 3,469 #71
1933 3,542 19 3,561 #64
1932 3,901 21 3,922 #59
1931 4,192 22 4,214 #56
1930 4,655 27 4,682 #52
1929 5,026 25 5,051 #50
1928 5,391 35 5,426 #48
1927 6,011 33 6,044 #42
1926 6,357 31 6,388 #39
1925 6,728 21 6,749 #38
1924 6,722 10 6,732 #38
1923 6,707 19 6,726 #37
1922 6,811 13 6,824 #36
1921 7,142 19 7,161 #37
1920 7,180 20 7,200 #36
1919 6,973 13 6,986 #36
1918 7,222 16 7,238 #35
1917 6,896 22 6,918 #33
1916 6,655 24 6,679 #33
1915 6,334 11 6,345 #32
1914 4,698 8 4,706 #34
1913 3,636 10 3,646 #35
1912 3,163 9 3,172 #38
1911 2,345 9 2,354 #38
1910 2,153 13 2,166 #42
1909 1,896 7 1,903 #48
1908 1,702 5 1,707 #51
1907 1,591 — 1,591 #52
1906 1,428 8 1,436 #53
1905 1,381 9 1,390 #54
1904 1,243 — 1,243 #56
1903 1,042 — 1,042 #61
1902 985 — 985 #70
1901 938 — 938 #64
1900 1,104 — 1,104 #71
1899 811 6 817 #72
1898 900 — 900 #70
1897 777 — 777 #72
1896 756 5 761 #75
1895 734 — 734 #76
1894 656 — 656 #80
1893 545 6 551 #86
1892 526 — 526 #92
1891 455 — 455 #93
1890 475 — 475 #90
1889 415 — 415 #95
1888 393 — 393 #98
1887 314 — 314 #104
1886 276 — 276 #112
1885 254 — 254 #109
1884 230 — 230 #115
1883 198 — 198 #113
1882 204 — 204 #108
1881 166 — 166 #110
1880 144 — 144 #115