How Many People Are Named Polly?
people named Polly are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 21,163 people in the US has this name
Based on 29,708 babies named Polly in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
688 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Medieval variant of MOLLY. The reason for the change in the initial consonant is unknown.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Polly in English. Counting Polly and these spellings together, about 16,388 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Polly in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Polly alive today is about 62 years old, and 66% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 55 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Polly first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1964, to 688 babies. In 2025, 79 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Polly has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #225, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #2,318.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,318 |
| Best rank | #225 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #398 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Polly alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Polly were born in Ohio than in any other state: about 992 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Polly was given 2.7 times as often in Kentucky, 2.4 times in North Carolina and 2.3 times in Tennessee.
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