Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Paulene isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Paulene through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,416
- 0 boys · 1,416 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 40 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 40 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 815 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Paulene’s family of names
Paulene has a related form in Pauline.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Paulene
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Paulene, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% girls
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