Paulina

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Paulina: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Paulina: Recorded every year since 1974, it reached #141 in 1990, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
100times a registrar ranked it
51years from first to last
#141highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Paulina's record

Ranked every year since 1974, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#3824
1998	#3142
1999	#2189
2000	#3247
2001	#2783
2002	#4137
2003	#1722
2004	#1617
2005	#1796
2006	#958
2007	#866
2008	#650
2009	#601
2010	#730
2011	#959
2012	#916
2013	#813
2014	#963
2015	#1168
2016	#1278
2017	#1021
2018	#1200
2019	#1389
2020	#1939
2021	#3519
2022	#2178
2023	#2346
2024	#3015

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 46 of the 48 years from 1974 to 2021.

In 2021: #400 among girls in Norway, #3519 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1974–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1974
First recorded at #623 among girls in Norway in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1974–2021
Highest recorded position: #141 among girls in Norway, in 1990 (recorded 1974–2021).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Paulina appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 46 years beginning in 1974, and has registered 846 births with the name.

Paulina across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Paulina's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#623 (1974)	#141 (1990)	#400 (2021)	46 of 48	846 (1974–2021)	57 (1990)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#601 (2009)	#3015 (2024)	29 of 29	654 (1996–2024)	63 (2009)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#443 (2002)	#215 (2009)	#628 (2020)	18 of 19	171 (2002–2020)	26 (2009)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#370 (2008)	#253 (2009)	#432 (2017)	7 of 10	31 (2008–2017)	7 (2009)

Paulina by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Paulina in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	31	6 of 10	5
1980s	269	10 of 10	27
1990sbusiest	364	10 of 10	36
2000s	112	9 of 10	12
2010s	58	9 of 10	6
2020s	12	2 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 36 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Paulina appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1974 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #141 in Norway in 1992.

Paulina's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2178	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1939	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1389	22	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1200	28	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1021	35	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1278	26	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1168	29	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#963	38	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#813	47	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#916	40	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#959	37	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#730	50	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#601	63	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#650	57	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#866	36	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#958	30	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1617	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1722	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#365	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#383	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#363	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#324	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#253	7	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#400	7	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#457	5	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#523	4	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#377	10	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#435	8	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#437	8	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#500	6	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#495	6	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#473	7	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#555	5	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#605	4	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#357	13	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#391	11	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#422	9	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#357	12	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#435	8	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#435	8	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#290	15	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#294	14	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#230	22	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#251	18	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#241	19	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#236	20	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#184	32	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#209	26	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#146	48	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#164	38	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#141	52	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#141	54	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#141	57	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#163	43	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#161	41	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#164	43	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#156	43	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#216	23	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#228	22	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#282	16	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#330	13	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#327	13	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#347	12	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#649	4	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#636	4	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#472	7	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#472	7	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#562	5	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#623	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#628	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#524	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#435	10	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#258	20	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#422	11	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#215	26	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#241	22	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	13	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#464	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#461	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1974 and 2024, ranked in 51 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #141, first reached in 1990.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 63 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 34 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Paulette · #310, 10y
Paulie · #2529, 12y
Pauline · #12, 74y
Paulius · #208, 32y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Nikola · #139, 52y
Bartosz · #148, 49y
Alvin · #126, 50y
Dawid · #122, 49y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Meadhbh · #142, 47y
Ewelina · #143, 33y
Johnathan · #139, 49y
Rohan · #139, 34y

Paulina was ranked #141 in Norway · Girls in 1990. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Paulina and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Paulina without appearing here.

Paulina moved ahead of

Gail Compare
In 2003 they stood at #4137 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1617 and #4598.
Fionn Compare
In 2002 they stood at #4137 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1722 and #4373.
Therese Compare
In 2002 they stood at #4137 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1722 and #4373.
Evan Compare
In 2005 they stood at #4137 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #958 and #3548.

Moved ahead of Paulina

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1939 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #1286.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1939 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #1785.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #1743.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1389 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1939 and #1313.

Moved the opposite way to Paulina

Abigail Compare
Between 1983 and 2021 in Norway · Girls, Paulina went from #282 to #400 while Abigail went from #617 to #303.
Sophia Compare
Between 1983 and 2021 in Norway · Girls, Paulina went from #282 to #400 while Sophia went from #558 to #81.
Matilda Compare
Between 1986 and 2021 in Norway · Girls, Paulina went from #156 to #400 while Matilda went from #526 to #218.
Zara Compare
Between 1987 and 2021 in Norway · Girls, Paulina went from #164 to #400 while Zara went from #687 to #336.

Moved the same way as Paulina

Katherine Compare
Between 1974 and 2001 in Norway · Girls, Paulina went from #623 to #294 and Katherine from #558 to #334.
Aimee Compare
Between 2002 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Paulina went from #443 to #628 and Aimee from #66 to #229.
Aisling Compare
Between 2002 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Paulina went from #443 to #628 and Aisling from #27 to #138.
Alex Compare
Between 2002 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Paulina went from #443 to #628 and Alex from #153 to #294.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1974 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #141 in Norway in 1992. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Paulina

Paulina at a glance

What stands out in Paulina's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Paulina across 4 official records

Paulina by decade in Norway · Girls

Paulina appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Paulina

Paulina and the names beside it

Paulina moved ahead of

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Paulina at a glance

What stands out in Paulina's record

Paulina across 4 official records

Paulina by decade in Norway · Girls

Paulina appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Paulina

Paulina and the names beside it

Paulina moved ahead of

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