How popular is the baby name Paulina in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Paulina.
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According to Uruguay’s Dirección Nacional de Identificación Civil (DNIC), the most popular baby names in the country in 2020 were technically Emma and Juan.
But if accented “María” and unaccented “Maria” had been counted together, María would have easily taken the #1 spot.
Uruguay’s baby name rankings consist of girl and boy names mixed together on a single list. The data mostly represents first-name usage, but does include some second-name usage as well. (This is because the rankings are created from Uruguayan identity card data, and Uruguayans are permitted to add up to two given names to their ID cards.)
That said, here are Uruguay’s top 100+ baby names of 2020:
Juan, 861 babies
Emma, 682
Mateo, 611
María, 564
Julieta, 495
Martina, 477
Felipe, 460
Lorenzo, 408
Isabella, 400
Catalina, 383
Maria, 378
Sofía, 372
Emilia, 358
Thiago, 354
Santino, 347
Lucas, 334
Dante, 330
Lautaro, 327
Delfina, 320
Benjamín, 315
Bautista, 312 (tie)
Santiago, 312 (tie)
Olivia, 310
Joaquín, 259
Zoe, 249
Emily, 236 (tie)
Paulina, 236 (tie)
Francisco, 235
Renata, 233
Francesca, 227
Bruno, 222 (tie)
Luis, 222 (tie)
Carlos, 220 (tie)
Clara, 220 (tie)
Facundo, 215
Emiliano, 211
Valentino, 209
Ana, 208
Mía, 203
Valentina, 199
Josefina, 194 (3-way tie)
Juana, 194 (3-way tie)
Maite, 194 (3-way tie)
Agustina, 192 (tie)
Tomás, 192 (tie)
Luciano, 188
Alfonsina, 186 (tie)
Bastian, 186 (tie)
Enzo, 184
Dylan, 182
Agustín, 180
Nahitan, 175
Jorge, 172
Bianca, 170
Valentín, 167
Liam, 164
Mia, 161
José, 160
Renzo, 159
Franco, 155 (tie)
Manuel, 155 (tie)
Benicio, 154
Ian, 152
Ignacio, 150
Camila, 149
Victoria, 148
Diego, 143
Oriana, 142
Pedro, 140
Milagros, 137
Alma, 131 (tie)
Pilar, 131 (tie)
Camilo, 129 (3-way tie)
Guillermo, 129 (3-way tie)
Vicente, 129 (3-way tie)
Noah, 128
Ciro, 127 (tie)
Julia, 127 (tie)
Salvador, 126
Alfonso, 125
Ramiro, 124
Daniel, 120
Máximo, 117
Faustino, 115
Jose, 114
Samuel, 113
Faustina, 111
Alejandro, 110
Federico, 109
Genaro, 107
Maia, 106 (tie)
Pablo, 106 (tie)
Lara, 105
Sofia, 103
Guillermina, 102
Ámbar, 100
Eduardo, 99
Lucía, 98
Federica, 96 (tie)
Tadeo, 96 (tie)
Theo (95)
Luciana, 94 (tie)
Sara, 94 (tie)
Tiziano, 92
Alexander, 91 (tie)
Rafael, 91 (tie)
Julián, 90 (3-way tie)
Luana, 90 (3-way tie)
Nicolás, 90 (3-way tie)
Benjamin, 88
Aitana, 86 (3-way tie)
Bruna, 86 (3-way tie)
Leonardo, 86 (3-way tie)
Florencia, 85
Rodrigo, 84
David, 83 (4-way tie)
Gael, 83 (4-way tie)
Joaquina, 83 (4-way tie)
Matías, 83 (4-way tie)
Miguel, 80
Gabriel, 79 (tie)
Jazmín, 79 (tie)
Alex, 78 (tie)
Axel, 78 (tie)
(I went down far enough to ensure that at least fifty girl names were included…and then a little farther, because that 2-way tie between the 4-letter anagram names Alex and Axel is kind of adorable. :)
I’ve never looked at rankings for Uruguay before, so I don’t have past rankings to compare these to. But here are a few of the names from lower down on the list:
35 babies were named Celeste, which is the nickname (El Celeste, “the sky-blue”) of Uruguay’s national soccer team.
11 were named Edinson, which is the first name of Uruguayan soccer player Edinson Cavani.
8 were named Nairobi, which is a female character from the popular Spanish-language TV series La casa de papel (English title: Money Heist).
2 were named Tabaré, which was the first name of Uruguayan president Tabaré Vázquez (who both left office and passed away in 2020).
The name comes from Uruguayan literature: The main character of the epic poem Tabaré (1888) by Juan Zorrilla de San Martín is an indigenous Charrúa man named Tabaré.
Finally, because Uruguay releases all of its baby name data, we can check out the unique names at the other end of the spectrum as well. Here’s a selection Uruguay’s single-use baby names of 2020:
If you’re on the hunt for baby names with a numerological value of 2, you’re in luck! Because today’s post features hundreds of 2-names.
Before we get to the names, though — how do we know that they’re “twos” in numerology?
Turning names into numbers
Here’s how to calculate the numerological value of a name.
First, for each letter, come up with a number to represent that letter’s position in the alphabet. (Letter A would be number 1, letter B would be number 2, and so forth.) Then, add all the numbers together. If the sum has two or more digits, add the digits together recursively until the result is a single digit. That single digit is the name’s numerological value.
For instance, the letters in the name Aurora correspond to the numbers 1, 21, 18, 15, 18, and 1. The sum of these numbers is 74. The digits of 74 added together equal 11, and the digits of 11 added together equal 2 — the numerological value of Aurora.
Baby names with a value of 2
Below you’ll find the most popular 2-names per gender, according to the latest U.S. baby name data. I’ve further sub-categorized them by total sums — just in case any of those larger numbers are significant to anyone.
2 via 11
The letters in the following baby names add up to 11, which reduces to two (1+1=2).
Girl names (2 via 11)
Boy names (2 via 11)
Adea, Fe, Aia
Aj, Ja, Cabe
2 via 20
The letters in the following baby names add up to 20, which reduces to two (2+0=2).
There’s no definitive answer, unfortunately, because various numerological systems exist, and each one has its own interpretation of the number two. That said, if we look at a couple of modern numerology/astrology websites, we see 2 being described as “diplomatic,” “cooperative,” “peaceful,” “gentle,” and “understanding.”
We can also look at associations, which are a bit more concrete. Here are some things that are associated with the number 2:
Hands
Feet
Eyes
Ears
Lungs
Chopsticks
Knitting needles
Complementary pairings (e.g., pen and paper, bow and arrow, peanut butter and jelly)
Dualities (e.g., day and night, yin and yang, war and peace)
Boxing (2 competitors; 2 fists)
Partner dancing
DNA double helix
What does the number 2 mean to you? What are your strongest associations with the number?
P.S. To see names with other numerological values, check out the posts for the numbers one, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and nine.
Alice Roosevelt was the eldest child of Theodore Roosevelt. She became extremely popular, both nationally and internationally, during his presidency.
In 1906 she married Nicholas Longworth, a U.S. Representative from Ohio. (He would later become Speaker of the House.) Their only child, Paulina, was born in 1925.
Paulina instantly became “the most famous baby in America,” and, as a result, there was a temporary increase in the national usage of the baby name Paulina:
1927: 47 baby girls named Paulina
1926: 48 baby girls named Paulina
1925: 78 baby girls named Paulina
1924: 40 baby girls named Paulina
1923: 38 baby girls named Paulina
According to the SSA data, usage nearly doubled. According to the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) data, though, the spike wasn’t quite so dramatic:
1927: 55 people named Paulina
1926: 63 people named Paulina
1925: 85 people named Paulina
1924: 63 people named Paulina
1923: 59 people named Paulina
Many years later it was revealed that Idaho senator William Borah was the baby’s biological father, and that Alice had even considered giving the baby the not-so-subtle name Deborah (“de Borah”).
P.S. The baby name Lance also got a boost thanks to the child of an American socialite…
A reader named Ayelet is expecting twins. She and her husband won’t be finding out the babies’ genders ahead of time, so they’d like to be prepared with two boy names and two girl names.
So far they’ve got August and Dominic for the boy names and Celia for one of the girl names. Once they select a second girl name they’ll be all set.
They’d like something that isn’t common (i.e. outside of the top 500). They’re considering Aliyah, Angelie, Aurelia, Eva, Isla, Juliet and Valentina, but Aliena is the current favorite:
The name we love is Aliena. She is a character in Ken Follett’s novel “The Pillars of the Earth,” which is set in twelfth-century England. But we can’t get past the “alien” in the name. I have an Alienor in my family tree, so I thought about going the Eleanor route, but I don’t like that spelling; I think I’m in love with that “Ali” sequence.
The baby’s surname will start and end with the letter n, like Nelson.
First, about Aliena. It’s a pretty name, but I’d also be worried about that “alien” association. I don’t know if I’d risk it as a first name, but it might work well as a middle.
The only alternative I can come up with is Eliana, which is an (unrelated) anagram of Aliena. But it’s ranked 193rd and climbing, so it might be a bit too popular.
Here are some other possibilities. None of these are currently in the top 500, and the ones with asterisks have a-l-i sequences.
Davina Estella Elsa Eloise Esme Flavia Ginevra Gwendolyn Helena Irina
Isadora Judith/Judy Leona Lavinia Marina Martina Mara Olive Oriana Odette
Paulina Regina Rosalie* Rosaline* Theresa Vera Viola Verity Venetia Zinnia
Finally, there’s the option of simply feminizing one of the boy names. August could become Augusta or Augustina; Dominic could become Dominique or Dominica.
Which of the above girl names do you like best with August, Dominic and/or Celia? What other girl names would you suggest to Ayelet?
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