Paulina

What Paulina means

Means “small”

From Latin Paulīna, feminine form of Paulīnus, derivative of Paulus, from paulus (“small”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Paulina” (revision 93848511), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Paulina?

US: Rising: up from #880 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1168 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2002, when 822 girls got the name (#365 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 4,645 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 42,214 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AZ (0.64 per 1,000 girls), TX (0.55 per 1,000 girls), FL (0.41 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Paulina is #783 in the US and #3705 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Paulina were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Polina48 US · 15 E&W
• Paolina8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Paulina

Girls

• Carolina#405Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #405 vs #1,512 in 2025
• Julia#131Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2001, with 8,838 babies; 2,172 in 2025
• Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025
• Diana#244“goddess”^*
• Anna#107Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #107 in 2025
• Emily#34“rival, emulator”^*

For a brother

• Carlos#150Spanish and Portuguese form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*
• Nicolas#177Variant of Nicholas, meaning “victory + people”^*
• Victor#209“conqueror”^*
• Anthony#46“flower”^*
• Justin#233“just”^*
• Dominick#622Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2003, with 1,780 babies; 448 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Paulina’s. Rank is US 2025.