Pollyanna
Pollyanna was the 6273rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 19 babies. Its best year was 1964, when it ranked 1572nd with 53 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,084 places. More babies were named Pollyanna in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,273 girls, up 5,611 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 19girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 196453 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,129babies recorded
Pollyanna popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,273 | 19 |
| 2020 | #11,884 | 8 |
| 2010 | #14,612 | 7 |
| 2000 | #14,556 | 6 |
| 1990 | #9,022 | 9 |
| 1980 | #7,226 | 9 |
| 1970 | #3,002 | 23 |
| 1960 | #2,703 | 21 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | #2,912 | 10 |
| 1930 | #3,972 | 7 |
| 1920 | #1,694 | 25 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Pollyanna, counting every spelling?
Pollyanna has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Pollyanna?
19 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Pollyanna (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Pollyanna born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 439 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Pollyanna.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Pollyanna?
About 800 people born in the US named Pollyanna are alive today, with a median age of 53; half are between 26 and 62. That makes Pollyanna mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Pollyanna
How popular is the name Pollyanna?
Pollyanna was the 6273rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 19 babies. Its best year was 1964, when it ranked 1572nd with 53 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,084 places. More babies were named Pollyanna in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Pollyanna a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Pollyanna in the US.