Pollyanna — #7974 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Pollyanna

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,110 babies named Pollyanna between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pollyanna currently holds the #7974 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 53 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pollyanna performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 284 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Pollyanna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Indiana and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Pollyanna in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pollyanna 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 1,110 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.