Pauline

Boy · recorded 1893–1964

  • 1964last recorded
  • 1905best year

Most popular in 1905.

Last recorded in 1964. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Pauline.

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Its story

Popularity since 1893

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 56 recorded years as a table
Pauline, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189353
189642
189956
190568
190660
190832
190943
191067
191140
191221
191320
191412
191513
191627
191724
191816
191913
192019
192117
192212
192317
19249
192519
192628
192729
192832
192923
193025
193121
193220
193319
193423
193519
193626
193720
19388
193922
194012
19417
19426
19437
19447
19456
19463
19475
19488
19504
19513
19525
19533
19544
19562
19573
19603
19633
19644

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Pauline isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1964
7
Rank in 1964
#3,282
How rare
1 in 284,671 boys
Since 1893
775

Pauline was last recorded in 1964. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1905, at 68 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Pauline doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.