Boys' name · since 2008
Pol
39 babies named Pol in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,945 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,718 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 39
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Pol currently ranks #8718 among boys' names in America, with 39 babies recorded since 2008.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pol has been recorded 39 times among boys since 2008, currently ranked #8718 nationally and more common than 37% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #23,945 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,718 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 39 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pol ranks #23,945 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,718 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 39 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,945 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,718 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 39
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Pol's 39 recorded births place it above 47.22% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Pol compares
39 14th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Pol's all-time total is 89% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Pol | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 39 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Pol's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Pol splits its recorded history at 2017: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Pol popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Pol by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (20 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Pol's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Pol births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
20 births
- 2020s
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 20 births (51% of all-time use).
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What to do with Pol's data
- Pol's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (20 total births) through the 2020s (14) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Pol: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2008–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Pol draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.