Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Pollyanna

#6,491 most common girls' name of all time · #10,943 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1914–2025

Rank among girls
#6,491
Rank overall
#10,943 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
91 of 146
All-time
1,129
Since 2016
100
Peak year
1964 #1,569
Best rank
#1,569 1964
Girls Boys peak 53/yr
192019401960198020002020

Pollyanna first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 19 19 #6,143
2024 13 13 #8,013
2023 9 9 #10,400
2022 9 9 #10,473
2021 10 10 #9,650
2020 8 8 #11,183
2019 8 8 #11,446
2018 8 8 #11,501
2017 8 8 #11,695
2016 8 8 #11,871
2015 12 12 #8,988
2014 9 9 #11,024
2013 9 9 #11,080
2012 5 5 #17,008
2011 10 10 #10,434
2010 7 7 #13,554
2009 6 6 #15,367
2008 11 11 #10,143
2007 7 7 #14,038
2003 6 6 #13,992
2002 5 5 #15,595
2000 6 6 #13,285
1999 9 9 #9,567
1998 7 7 #11,249
1997 6 6 #12,214
1996 10 10 #8,213
1994 9 9 #8,898
1993 7 7 #10,702
1990 9 9 #8,595
1988 6 6 #10,523
1987 5 5 #11,519
1984 6 6 #9,290
1982 13 13 #5,268
1981 7 7 #8,263
1980 9 9 #6,893
1979 14 14 #4,894
1978 9 9 #6,477
1977 9 9 #6,421
1976 17 17 #3,855
1975 27 27 #2,752
1974 15 15 #4,091
1973 21 21 #3,157
1972 16 16 #3,770
1971 20 20 #3,293
1970 23 23 #2,970
1969 23 23 #2,798
1968 27 27 #2,387
1967 12 12 #3,899
1966 30 30 #2,170
1965 25 25 #2,429
1964 53 53 #1,569
1963 30 30 #2,194
1962 20 20 #2,763
1961 43 43 #1,751
1960 21 21 #2,682
1958 6 6 #5,610
1957 9 9 #4,315
1953 5 5 #5,916
1952 5 5 #5,815
1949 7 7 #4,410
1948 5 5 #5,495
1947 6 6 #4,946
1946 5 5 #5,219
1944 9 9 #3,262
1942 5 5 #4,926
1941 5 5 #4,703
1940 10 10 #2,882
1939 10 10 #2,858
1938 8 8 #3,348
1937 5 5 #4,553
1935 5 5 #4,514
1933 10 10 #2,810
1932 6 6 #4,184
1931 8 8 #3,400
1930 7 7 #3,888
1929 13 13 #2,568
1928 15 15 #2,361
1927 9 9 #3,482
1926 20 20 #1,990
1925 10 10 #3,288
1924 16 16 #2,396
1923 14 14 #2,579
1922 13 13 #2,755
1921 20 20 #2,046
1920 25 25 #1,707
1919 15 15 #2,379
1918 13 13 #2,663
1917 21 21 #1,771
1916 20 20 #1,804
1915 12 12 #2,522
1914 6 6 #3,595