Girls' name · since 1920
Pollyann
166 babies named Pollyann in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1948. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,743 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 166
- born since 1920
- 1960s
- peak decade
166 girls have been named Pollyann since 1920, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Pollyann has 166 recorded births among girls since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 1973.
- #21,743 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 166 born since 1920
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pollyann ranks #21,743 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 166 born since 1920, peaking in the 1960s.
- #21,743 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 166
- born since 1920
- 1960s
- peak decade
Pollyann's 166 recorded births place it above 69.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pollyann's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Pollyann splits its recorded history at 1949: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1920 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1948 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Pollyann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–1973
- Peak year (1948)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Pollyann by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (50 births, 30% of the file).
1960s was Pollyann's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Pollyann births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
23 births
- 1930s
1930s
26 births
- 1940s
1940s
36 births
- 1950s 17
1950s
17 births
- 1960s
1960s
50 births
- 1970s 14
1970s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 50 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Pollyann's decade-level peak was the 1960s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Pollyann: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1948)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1920–1973 (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 Pollyann 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.