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How popular is the name Pauline?
Births per year, rank history and how many Paulines are alive today.
Pauline (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 4 in 2024, ranked 4844th. The name peaked in 1944, when around 4,800 babies were given the name, the 14th most popular that year. It has declined since 1944; the 2024 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 11,000 babies have been named Pauline in England and Wales since 1924. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Pauline you are most likely to meet is around 79 years old. Half of all Paulines born in England and Wales are between 67 and 81, and there are at least 92,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 25% chance that at least one of them will be called Pauline.
How many babies are named Pauline each year?
Where does Pauline rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Pauline most popular?
Pauline peaked in 1944, when around 4,800 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Pauline?
At least 92,000 people named Pauline born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Pauline?
Most living Paulines are between 67 and 81; the most common age is about 79.
Is Pauline becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1944 peak.