How Many People Are Named Pocahontas?
people named Pocahontas are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 11,392,828 people in the US has this name
Based on 217 babies named Pocahontas in Social Security records from 1897 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Population Percentage
Of US population
Peak Year
12 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "she is playful" in Algonquin. This was the name of a young Algonquin woman, daughter of a powerful chief, who married a white colonist.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Pocahontas in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Pocahontas alive today is about 47 years old, and 50% are under 30.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Pocahontas first appears in the records in 1897 and was given most often in 1925, to 12 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 1897 to 2022
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