Pollyanna
Pollyanna is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 13 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 130.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 196453 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1914
- 1,110people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,110 girls have been named Pollyanna in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1964, with 53 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1965, and the 1960s alone account for 26%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Pollyanna | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 87 | |
| 1920s | 155 | |
| 1930s | 59 | |
| 1940s | 52 | |
| 1950s | 25 | |
| 1960s | 284 | |
| 1970s | 171 | |
| 1980s | 46 | |
| 1990s | 57 | |
| 2000s | 41 | |
| 2010s | 84 | |
| 2020s | 49 |
In 1964, its biggest year
Pollyanna was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1964 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Patricia. See all of 1964.
Names that rose and fell with Pollyanna
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Camellapeak 1960
- Carmelinapeak 1926
- Monettepeak 1962
- Ermelindapeak 1964
- Carmonpeak 1968
- Thersapeak 1965
- Despinapeak 1976
- Lavettapeak 1965
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.