Polly
#2,298 for girls in 2025, 79 births · Last seen for boys in 1931 at #3,390
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 48 births
- Debut · girls
- 41 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 29,684since 1880
Polly over time
Rank among girls' names. Polly has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,298 | 79 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,178 | 87 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,646 | 66 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,579 | 68 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,715 | 63 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,966 | 54 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,222 | 49 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,107 | 52 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,387 | 46 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,182 | 51 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,211 | 51 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,184 | 51 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,513 | 44 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,523 | 45 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,550 | 44 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,180 | 35 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,107 | 37 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,360 | 35 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,475 | 33 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,617 | 43 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,404 | 44 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,707 | 28 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,668 | 27 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,673 | 20 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,107 | 30 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,039 | 21 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,173 | 39 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,036 | 39 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,028 | 39 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,977 | 39 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,585 | 48 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,351 | 33 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,513 | 50 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,136 | 62 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,289 | 55 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,981 | 64 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,489 | 43 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,880 | 61 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,952 | 56 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,727 | 66 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,633 | 67 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,733 | 62 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,461 | 82 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,490 | 81 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,227 | 107 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,161 | 114 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,141 | 112 | — | |
| 1977 | #796 | 188 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,005 | 125 | — | |
| 1975 | #863 | 155 | — | |
| 1974 | #693 | 212 | — | |
| 1973 | #679 | 220 | — | |
| 1972 | #645 | 236 | — | |
| 1971 | #569 | 308 | — | |
| 1970 | #591 | 297 | — | |
| 1969 | #572 | 296 | — | |
| 1968 | #503 | 372 | — | |
| 1967 | #475 | 399 | — | |
| 1966 | #461 | 421 | — | |
| 1965 | #452 | 447 | — | |
| 1964 | #361 | 688 | — | |
| 1963 | #402 | 572 | — | |
| 1962 | #406 | 566 | — | |
| 1961 | #376 | 659 | — | |
| 1960 | #384 | 610 | — | |
| 1959 | #423 | 505 | — | |
| 1958 | #395 | 540 | — | |
| 1957 | #411 | 509 | — | |
| 1956 | #376 | 550 | — | |
| 1955 | #360 | 588 | — | |
| 1954 | #387 | 493 | — | |
| 1953 | #377 | 513 | — | |
| 1952 | #399 | 434 | — | |
| 1951 | #373 | 473 | — | |
| 1950 | #373 | 463 | — | |
| 1949 | #363 | 473 | — | |
| 1948 | #385 | 427 | — | |
| 1947 | #380 | 443 | — | |
| 1946 | #358 | 452 | — | |
| 1945 | #342 | 398 | — | |
| 1944 | #335 | 417 | — | |
| 1943 | #347 | 427 | — | |
| 1942 | #344 | 413 | — | |
| 1941 | #313 | 435 | — | |
| 1940 | #312 | 416 | — | |
| 1939 | #300 | 418 | — | |
| 1938 | #342 | 351 | — | |
| 1937 | #320 | 372 | — | |
| 1936 | #317 | 370 | — | |
| 1935 | #324 | 377 | — | |
| 1934 | #297 | 436 | — | |
| 1933 | #324 | 372 | — | |
| 1932 | #312 | 416 | — | |
| 1931 | #328 | 379 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #335 | 373 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #326 | 394 | — | |
| 1928 | #339 | 390 | — | |
| 1927 | #376 | 332 | — | |
| 1926 | #366 | 338 | — | |
| 1925 | #380 | 320 | — | |
| 1924 | #370 | 340 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #375 | 312 | — | |
| 1922 | #367 | 324 | — | |
| 1921 | #401 | 285 | — | |
| 1920 | #386 | 289 | — | |
| 1919 | #409 | 249 | — | |
| 1918 | #382 | 292 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #385 | 267 | — | |
| 1916 | #390 | 254 | — | |
| 1915 | #414 | 209 | — | |
| 1914 | #414 | 164 | — | |
| 1913 | #421 | 138 | — | |
| 1912 | #383 | 145 | — | |
| 1911 | #427 | 91 | — | |
| 1910 | #371 | 110 | — | |
| 1909 | #404 | 82 | — | |
| 1908 | #399 | 83 | — | |
| 1907 | #404 | 77 | — | |
| 1906 | #364 | 85 | — | |
| 1905 | #401 | 71 | — | |
| 1904 | #365 | 80 | — | |
| 1903 | #373 | 73 | — | |
| 1902 | #395 | 62 | — | |
| 1901 | #376 | 62 | — | |
| 1900 | #378 | 78 | — | |
| 1899 | #384 | 57 | — | |
| 1898 | #361 | 75 | — | |
| 1897 | #362 | 66 | — | |
| 1896 | #351 | 68 | — | |
| 1895 | #327 | 76 | — | |
| 1894 | #313 | 78 | — | |
| 1893 | #343 | 61 | — | |
| 1892 | #330 | 65 | — | |
| 1891 | #332 | 58 | — | |
| 1890 | #337 | 57 | — | |
| 1889 | #329 | 56 | — | |
| 1888 | #308 | 60 | — | |
| 1887 | #308 | 48 | — | |
| 1886 | #274 | 58 | — | |
| 1885 | #306 | 43 | — | |
| 1884 | #277 | 48 | — | |
| 1883 | #306 | 33 | — | |
| 1882 | #271 | 41 | — | |
| 1881 | #222 | 48 | — | |
| 1880 | #240 | 41 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Polly was already there! It came in at #240, and was given to 41 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1999–2004, when fewer than 31 girls a year got the name.
See more about Polly
- 120 spots since 2024 (#2,178 → #2,298)
- 668 spots since 2020 (#2,966 → #2,298)
- 913 spots since 2015 (#3,211 → #2,298)
- Biggest jump: 209 spots in 1977 (#1,005 → #796)
- Biggest drop: 345 spots in 1978 (#796 → #1,141)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #222 (48 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 118 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 97 yrs · run 1880–1975
- Highest: 1 in 1,916 girls born in 1881 were named Polly (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,345 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 17.1% of all girls named Polly (5,068) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 476 | #222 (1881) | #284 |
| 1890s | 661 | #313 (1894) | #344 |
| 1900s | 753 | #364 (1906) | #386 |
| 1910s | 1,919 | #371 (1910) | #400 |
| 1920s | 3,324 | #326 (1929) | #369 |
| 1930s | 3,864 | #297 (1934) | #320 |
| 1940s | 4,301 | #312 (1940) | #348 |
| 1950s | 5,068 | #360 (1955) | #387 |
| 1960s | 5,030 | #361 (1964) | #439 |
| 1970s | 1,967 | #569 (1971) | #814 |
| 1980s | 689 | #1,227 (1980) | #1,757 |
| 1990s | 425 | #2,136 (1991) | #3,013 |
| 2000s | 322 | #3,404 (2005) | #4,377 |
| 2010s | 468 | #3,107 (2018) | #3,406 |
| 2020s | 417 | #2,178 (2024) | #2,564 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Polly in 1931
Top girls' names in 1931
Top boys' names in 1931
More about 1931
girls
1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 2,809 of them was named Polly, which outranked 93.4% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 173,278 of them was named Polly, which outranked 21.5% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,095Zebedee7
- #3,095Zenas7
- #3,095Zeno7
- #3,390Polly6
- #3,390Ada6
- #3,390Adelaido6
- #3,390Alcee6
- #3,763Abbie5
- #3,763Abran5
- #3,763Achilles5
Tied with 372 names at #3,390; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.