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.

Polo

#6,565 most common boys' name of all time · #16,435 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1917–2025

Rank among boys
#6,565
Rank overall
#16,435 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
599
Since 2016
115
Peak year
2001 #3,864
Best rank
#2,650 1928
Girls Boys peak 21/yr
192019401960198020002020

Polo first appears in 1917. 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 — 9 9 #8,317
2024 — 11 11 #7,314
2023 — 15 15 #5,968
2022 — 14 14 #6,190
2021 — 14 14 #6,081
2020 — 19 19 #4,893
2019 — 11 11 #7,242
2018 — 5 5 #12,323
2017 — 6 6 #10,945
2016 — 11 11 #7,215
2015 — 8 8 #8,853
2014 — 6 6 #10,856
2013 — 10 10 #7,604
2012 — 17 17 #5,302
2011 — 18 18 #5,024
2010 — 14 14 #6,076
2009 — 12 12 #6,870
2008 — 8 8 #9,111
2007 — 9 9 #8,274
2006 — 14 14 #5,829
2005 — 6 6 #10,293
2004 — 9 9 #7,632
2003 — 10 10 #6,796
2002 — 14 14 #5,181
2001 — 21 21 #3,864
2000 — 13 13 #5,346
1999 — 13 13 #5,084
1998 — 16 16 #4,238
1997 — 14 14 #4,508
1996 — 16 16 #4,066
1995 — 12 12 #4,858
1994 — 12 12 #4,878
1993 — 9 9 #5,859
1992 — 12 12 #4,627
1991 — 9 9 #5,596
1990 — 8 8 #5,947
1989 — 13 13 #4,087
1988 — 8 8 #5,336
1986 — 10 10 #4,215
1983 — 6 6 #5,697
1982 — 5 5 #6,611
1965 — 5 5 #4,149
1958 — 6 6 #3,787
1957 — 6 6 #3,811
1955 — 5 5 #4,173
1954 — 8 8 #3,104
1950 — 5 5 #3,970
1949 — 6 6 #3,570
1948 — 8 8 #2,956
1944 — 5 5 #3,758
1938 — 6 6 #3,459
1937 — 6 6 #3,454
1935 — 5 5 #4,000
1931 — 5 5 #4,150
1928 — 11 11 #2,650
1925 — 7 7 #3,688
1924 — 6 6 #4,222
1923 — 6 6 #4,143
1921 — 7 7 #3,810
1920 — 7 7 #3,766
1919 — 6 6 #4,080
1917 — 6 6 #3,959