Meaning not yet researched.
Polly: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 79 in 2025. Its best rank was #225 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #225 in 1881; #2,318 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Polly in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,318 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #225.
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Polly: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 79 girls in 2025. Peak: #225 in 1881 · most girls in one year: 688 (1964).
In 2025, 79 US girls were named Polly, making it the 2,318th most common girls’ name of the year, down 125 places from #2,193 in 2024. That is 8 fewer than the 87 girls named Polly in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #225, reached in 1881. The most girls given the name in a single year was 688, in 1964. For comparison, it was #3,244 in 2015 and #374 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Polly in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 41 babies with the name. In all, 29,708 US babies have been given the name, 99.9% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 5,068 babies named Polly.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 615 US girls were named Polly; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 87. In 2025 that was about 1 in 20,345 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Polly ranked highest in North Carolina in 2025, at #1,621 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Pollie, Pollye and Polli are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Icelandic. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Pollie (1,265), Pollye (22), Polli (13), Polley (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,621 | — |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,644 | — |
| New York | 5 | #2,343 | — |
| California | 7 | #2,713 | — |
| Texas | 6 | #3,206 | #3,175 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | #2,318 | — | — |
| 2024 | 87 | #2,193 | — | — |
| 2023 | 66 | #2,668 | — | — |
| 2022 | 68 | #2,597 | — | — |
| 2021 | 63 | #2,745 | — | — |
| 2020 | 54 | #3,001 | — | — |
| 2019 | 49 | #3,262 | — | — |
| 2018 | 52 | #3,147 | — | — |
| 2017 | 46 | #3,426 | — | — |
| 2016 | 51 | #3,214 | — | — |
| 2015 | 51 | #3,244 | — | — |
| 2014 | 51 | #3,218 | — | — |
| 2013 | 44 | #3,561 | — | — |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,568 | — | — |
| 2011 | 44 | #3,591 | — | — |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,280 | — | — |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,169 | — | — |
| 2008 | 35 | #4,430 | — | — |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,542 | — | — |
| 2006 | 43 | #3,663 | — | — |
| 2005 | 44 | #3,449 | — | — |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,788 | — | — |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,783 | — | — |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,845 | — | — |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,176 | — | — |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,754 | — | — |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,165 | — | — |
| 1998 | 39 | #3,211 | — | — |
| 1997 | 39 | #3,086 | — | — |
| 1996 | 39 | #3,076 | — | — |
| 1995 | 39 | #3,006 | — | — |
| 1994 | 48 | #2,614 | — | — |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,398 | — | — |
| 1992 | 50 | #2,542 | — | — |
| 1991 | 62 | #2,153 | — | — |
| 1990 | 55 | #2,308 | — | — |
| 1989 | 64 | #1,992 | — | — |
| 1988 | 43 | #2,518 | — | — |
| 1987 | 61 | #1,895 | — | — |
| 1986 | 56 | #1,969 | — | — |
| 1985 | 66 | #1,736 | — | — |
| 1984 | 67 | #1,652 | — | — |
| 1983 | 62 | #1,743 | — | — |
| 1982 | 82 | #1,468 | — | — |
| 1981 | 81 | #1,499 | — | — |
| 1980 | 107 | #1,235 | — | — |
| 1979 | 114 | #1,164 | — | — |
| 1978 | 112 | #1,146 | — | — |
| 1977 | 188 | #798 | — | — |
| 1976 | 125 | #1,007 | — | — |
| 1975 | 155 | #867 | — | — |
| 1974 | 212 | #696 | — | — |
| 1973 | 220 | #680 | — | — |
| 1972 | 236 | #649 | — | — |
| 1971 | 308 | #571 | — | — |
| 1970 | 297 | #593 | — | — |
| 1969 | 296 | #573 | — | — |
| 1968 | 372 | #503 | — | — |
| 1967 | 399 | #476 | — | — |
| 1966 | 421 | #461 | — | — |
| 1965 | 447 | #453 | — | — |
| 1964 | 688 | #361 | — | — |
| 1963 | 572 | #402 | — | — |
| 1962 | 566 | #406 | — | — |
| 1961 | 659 | #376 | — | — |
| 1960 | 610 | #384 | — | — |
| 1959 | 505 | #423 | — | — |
| 1958 | 540 | #395 | — | — |
| 1957 | 509 | #411 | — | — |
| 1956 | 550 | #376 | — | — |
| 1955 | 588 | #360 | — | — |
| 1954 | 493 | #387 | — | — |
| 1953 | 513 | #377 | — | — |
| 1952 | 434 | #399 | — | — |
| 1951 | 473 | #374 | — | — |
| 1950 | 463 | #374 | — | — |
| 1949 | 473 | #363 | — | — |
| 1948 | 427 | #385 | — | — |
| 1947 | 443 | #380 | — | — |
| 1946 | 452 | #358 | — | — |
| 1945 | 398 | #343 | — | — |
| 1944 | 417 | #335 | — | — |
| 1943 | 427 | #347 | — | — |
| 1942 | 413 | #344 | — | — |
| 1941 | 435 | #313 | — | — |
| 1940 | 416 | #313 | — | — |
| 1939 | 418 | #300 | — | — |
| 1938 | 351 | #342 | — | — |
| 1937 | 372 | #321 | — | — |
| 1936 | 370 | #318 | — | — |
| 1935 | 377 | #324 | — | — |
| 1934 | 436 | #297 | — | — |
| 1933 | 372 | #324 | — | — |
| 1932 | 416 | #314 | — | — |
| 1931 | 379 | #329 | 6 | #3,667 |
| 1930 | 373 | #335 | 5 | #4,427 |
| 1929 | 394 | #326 | — | — |
| 1928 | 390 | #340 | — | — |
| 1927 | 332 | #376 | — | — |
| 1926 | 338 | #367 | — | — |
| 1925 | 320 | #380 | — | — |
| 1924 | 340 | #370 | 8 | #3,437 |
| 1923 | 312 | #376 | — | — |
| 1922 | 324 | #367 | — | — |
| 1921 | 285 | #402 | — | — |
| 1920 | 289 | #386 | — | — |
| 1919 | 249 | #411 | — | — |
| 1918 | 292 | #384 | 5 | #4,657 |
| 1917 | 267 | #385 | — | — |
| 1916 | 254 | #392 | — | — |
| 1915 | 209 | #417 | — | — |
| 1914 | 164 | #417 | — | — |
| 1913 | 138 | #421 | — | — |
| 1912 | 145 | #383 | — | — |
| 1911 | 91 | #429 | — | — |
| 1910 | 110 | #373 | — | — |
| 1909 | 82 | #405 | — | — |
| 1908 | 83 | #404 | — | — |
| 1907 | 77 | #407 | — | — |
| 1906 | 85 | #367 | — | — |
| 1905 | 71 | #404 | — | — |
| 1904 | 80 | #367 | — | — |
| 1903 | 73 | #375 | — | — |
| 1902 | 62 | #397 | — | — |
| 1901 | 62 | #377 | — | — |
| 1900 | 78 | #379 | — | — |
| 1899 | 57 | #386 | — | — |
| 1898 | 75 | #365 | — | — |
| 1897 | 66 | #365 | — | — |
| 1896 | 68 | #353 | — | — |
| 1895 | 76 | #329 | — | — |
| 1894 | 78 | #317 | — | — |
| 1893 | 61 | #348 | — | — |
| 1892 | 65 | #332 | — | — |
| 1891 | 58 | #334 | — | — |
| 1890 | 57 | #341 | — | — |
| 1889 | 56 | #332 | — | — |
| 1888 | 60 | #310 | — | — |
| 1887 | 48 | #309 | — | — |
| 1886 | 58 | #275 | — | — |
| 1885 | 43 | #311 | — | — |
| 1884 | 48 | #281 | — | — |
| 1883 | 33 | #312 | — | — |
| 1882 | 41 | #277 | — | — |
| 1881 | 48 | #225 | — | — |
| 1880 | 41 | #245 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).