How Many People Are Named Pollyanna?
people named Pollyanna are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 442,726 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,129 babies named Pollyanna in Social Security records from 1914 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
53 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Combination of POLLY and ANNA. This was the name of the main character in Eleanor H. Porter's novel 'Pollyanna' (1913).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Pollyanna in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Pollyanna alive today is about 44 years old, and 41% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 26 and 61 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Pollyanna first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 1964, to 53 babies. In 2025, 19 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Pollyanna has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,572, in 1964. In 2025 it ranked #6,272.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,272 |
| Best rank | #1,572 (1964) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,317 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Pollyanna alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Pollyanna were born in California than in any other state: about 14 of those alive today.
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