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Pollyanna Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Pollyanna?

In 2018 the rare name Pollyanna, ranked the 12,158th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Uncommon, Pollyanna would be a striking name choice.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #1,570 in 1964 with 53 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Pollyanna in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 2006.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Pollyanna occurred roughly during the years 1913-1916, and 1972-1975, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1964-1967.

Pollyanna's popularity has remained mostly unchanged for some time. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Pollyanna has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Pollyanna?

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

The name Pollyanna is mostly unused and has recently started to drift downward in popularity.

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   Pollyann. (Girl)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 8 12,158
2017 8 12,440
2016 8 12,574
2015 12 9,340
2014 9 11,694
2013 9 11,721
2012 5 18,872
2011 10 10,984
2010 6 16,447
2009 6 16,762
2008 11 10,619
2007 7 15,090
2006 < 5 --
2005 < 5 --
2004 < 5 --
2003 5 17,722
2002 5 17,454
2001 < 5 --
2000 6 14,552
1999 9 10,119
1998 7 12,063
1997 6 13,294
1996 10 8,662
1995 < 5 --
1994 9 9,390
1993 7 11,442
1992 < 5 --
1991 < 5 --
1990 9 9,019
1989 < 5 --
1988 6 11,351
1987 5 12,678
1986 < 5 --
1985 < 5 --
1984 6 9,997
1983 < 5 --
1982 13 5,447
1981 7 8,771
1980 9 7,221
1979 14 5,018
1978 9 6,767
1977 9 6,718
1976 17 3,917
1975 27 2,790
1974 15 4,177
1973 21 3,204
1972 16 3,842
1971 20 3,338
1970 23 3,001
1969 23 2,817
1968 27 2,409
1967 12 3,992
1966 30 2,180
1965 25 2,454
1964 53 1,570
1963 30 2,203
1962 20 2,790
1961 43 1,763
1960 21 2,705
1959 < 5 --
1958 6 5,932
1957 9 4,459
1956 < 5 --
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1954 < 5 --
1953 5 6,320
1952 5 6,210
1951 < 5 --
1950 < 5 --
1949 7 4,560
1948 5 5,838
1947 6 5,157
1946 5 5,532
1945 < 5 --
1944 9 3,319
1943 < 5 --
1942 5 5,211
1941 5 4,925
1940 10 2,912
1939 10 2,885
1938 8 3,397
1937 5 4,778
1936 < 5 --
1935 5 4,764
1934 < 5 --
1933 10 2,831
1932 6 4,315
1931 8 3,428
1930 7 3,973
1929 13 2,552
1928 15 2,359
1927 9 3,511
1926 20 1,982
1925 10 3,312
1924 16 2,393
1923 14 2,568
1922 13 2,739
1921 20 2,031
1920 25 1,693
1919 15 2,359
1918 13 2,644
1917 21 1,760
1916 20 1,789
1915 12 2,502
1914 6 3,525
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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.