Pauline comes from the Latin / French tradition, meaning Small, humble, modest one.
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How popular is Pauline?
1918peak year
The name Pauline reached its peak in 1918, with 7,222 registrations (ranked #35). It first surfaced in U.S. records in 1880, roughly 38 years before its peak. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #2944) today, averaging about 58 new babies per year. Pauline's usage has held roughly steady recently. Across all years on record, approximately 227,123 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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