# Paulina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/paulina/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “small” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 20,142 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 20,137 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 660, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Paulīna, feminine form of Paulīnus, derivative of Paulus, from paulus (“small”). Name of a third-century saint.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 361 | 763 |
| 2012 | 321 | 835 |
| 2013 | 323 | 830 |
| 2014 | 280 | 959 |
| 2015 | 315 | 880 |
| 2016 | 368 | 774 |
| 2017 | 311 | 881 |
| 2018 | 292 | 919 |
| 2019 | 328 | 829 |
| 2020 | 329 | 834 |
| 2021 | 355 | 797 |
| 2022 | 356 | 795 |
| 2023 | 364 | 775 |
| 2024 | 361 | 782 |
| 2025 | 346 | 784 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 5 | 11,156 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 959 |
| 2012 | 40 | 916 |
| 2013 | 47 | 813 |
| 2014 | 38 | 963 |
| 2015 | 29 | 1,168 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,278 |
| 2017 | 35 | 1,021 |
| 2018 | 28 | 1,200 |
| 2019 | 22 | 1,389 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,939 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2,178 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,346 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## People named Paulina

- Paulina Chávez, American actress
- Paulina Vega, Colombian beauty pageant titleholder
- Anna Paulina Luna, American politician and veteran (born 1989)
- Paulina García, Chilean actress (born 1960)
- Paulina Wright Davis, American activist (1813-1876)
- Paulina James, American pornographic actress
- Paulina Irby, British travel writer and suffragist (1831–1911)
- Paulina Gálvez, Chilean-Spanish-American actress
- María Paulina Pérez, Colombian tennis player
- Paulina Singer, American actress
- Paulina Krumbiegel, German association football player
- Eliot Sumner, British musician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.