Polk — boys' name

What the Data Says About Polk

The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Polk between 1887 and 1954, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Polk currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1954. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Polk performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Polk shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Polk in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Polk in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 80 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.