Girl name#199 of girl names
Pauline
Pronounced P AO0 L IY1 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1918
- 145 years in use
How popular is Pauline?
Pauline is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 227,123 children — the 199th most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 22% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1918, when 7,222 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- P AO0 L IY1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 01
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Pauline
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Pauline
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Pauline?
- Pauline ranks 199th among girls' names in US records, with 227,123 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 580.
- Is Pauline a unisex name?
- No. Pauline is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Pauline most popular?
- 1918, when 7,222 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.