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Polly Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Polly?

In 2018 the rare name Polly, ranked the 3,215th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Polly is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #225 in 1881.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1964 with 688 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Polly in any given year was 19 in 2002.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Polly occurred roughly during the years 1891-1894, 1909-1916, and 2002-2005, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1966-1969, 1970-1976, 1977-1983, and 1985-1988.

Polly's popularity has been moving upward for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Polly has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Polly?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

The name Polly is quite distinctive but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Polly has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Polly (Girl)Polly (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 50 3,215 < 5 --
2017 44 3,522 < 5 --
2016 51 3,205 < 5 --
2015 51 3,239 < 5 --
2014 51 3,216 < 5 --
2013 43 3,619 < 5 --
2012 44 3,630 < 5 --
2011 44 3,589 < 5 --
2010 35 4,272 < 5 --
2009 36 4,252 < 5 --
2008 35 4,426 < 5 --
2007 33 4,539 < 5 --
2006 42 3,716 < 5 --
2005 42 3,566 < 5 --
2004 27 4,910 < 5 --
2003 25 5,055 < 5 --
2002 19 6,067 < 5 --
2001 29 4,290 < 5 --
2000 25 4,753 < 5 --
1999 21 5,163 < 5 --
1998 37 3,338 < 5 --
1997 39 3,086 < 5 --
1996 38 3,128 < 5 --
1995 38 3,066 < 5 --
1994 49 2,576 < 5 --
1993 33 3,399 < 5 --
1992 50 2,541 < 5 --
1991 62 2,153 < 5 --
1990 55 2,308 < 5 --
1989 65 1,977 < 5 --
1988 43 2,518 < 5 --
1987 60 1,910 < 5 --
1986 55 1,998 < 5 --
1985 65 1,752 < 5 --
1984 67 1,651 < 5 --
1983 62 1,743 < 5 --
1982 82 1,468 < 5 --
1981 81 1,499 < 5 --
1980 107 1,235 < 5 --
1979 113 1,172 < 5 --
1978 112 1,145 < 5 --
1977 188 798 < 5 --
1976 125 1,006 < 5 --
1975 155 866 < 5 --
1974 212 696 < 5 --
1973 220 680 < 5 --
1972 237 644 < 5 --
1971 307 572 < 5 --
1970 297 593 < 5 --
1969 296 572 < 5 --
1968 372 503 < 5 --
1967 399 476 < 5 --
1966 421 461 < 5 --
1965 446 454 < 5 --
1964 688 361 < 5 --
1963 572 402 < 5 --
1962 566 406 < 5 --
1961 659 376 < 5 --
1960 610 384 < 5 --
1959 506 423 < 5 --
1958 538 397 < 5 --
1957 509 411 < 5 --
1956 550 376 < 5 --
1955 588 360 < 5 --
1954 493 388 < 5 --
1953 513 377 < 5 --
1952 434 399 < 5 --
1951 473 374 < 5 --
1950 463 374 < 5 --
1949 473 363 < 5 --
1948 427 385 < 5 --
1947 443 380 < 5 --
1946 452 358 < 5 --
1945 398 343 < 5 --
1944 416 336 < 5 --
1943 427 347 < 5 --
1942 413 344 < 5 --
1941 435 313 < 5 --
1940 416 313 < 5 --
1939 418 300 < 5 --
1938 351 342 < 5 --
1937 372 320 < 5 --
1936 370 319 < 5 --
1935 377 324 < 5 --
1934 436 297 < 5 --
1933 372 324 < 5 --
1932 416 312 < 5 --
1931 379 329 6 3,666
1930 373 335 5 4,428
1929 394 326 < 5 --
1928 390 340 < 5 --
1927 332 376 < 5 --
1926 338 366 < 5 --
1925 320 380 < 5 --
1924 340 370 8 3,435
1923 312 376 < 5 --
1922 324 367 < 5 --
1921 285 402 < 5 --
1920 289 386 < 5 --
1919 249 411 < 5 --
1918 292 384 5 4,657
1917 267 385 < 5 --
1916 254 392 < 5 --
1915 209 417 < 5 --
1914 164 417 < 5 --
1913 138 421 < 5 --
1912 145 383 < 5 --
1911 91 429 < 5 --
1910 110 373 < 5 --
1909 82 405 < 5 --
1908 83 404 < 5 --
1907 77 407 < 5 --
1906 85 367 < 5 --
1905 71 404 < 5 --
1904 80 367 < 5 --
1903 73 375 < 5 --
1902 62 397 < 5 --
1901 62 377 < 5 --
1900 78 379 < 5 --
1899 57 386 < 5 --
1898 75 365 < 5 --
1897 66 365 < 5 --
1896 68 353 < 5 --
1895 76 329 < 5 --
1894 78 317 < 5 --
1893 61 348 < 5 --
1892 65 332 < 5 --
1891 58 334 < 5 --
1890 57 341 < 5 --
1889 56 332 < 5 --
1888 60 310 < 5 --
1887 48 309 < 5 --
1886 58 275 < 5 --
1885 43 311 < 5 --
1884 48 281 < 5 --
1883 33 312 < 5 --
1882 41 277 < 5 --
1881 48 225 < 5 --
1880 41 245 < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.