# Pola (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/pola/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 682 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 682 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,249, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9 | 12,030 |
| 2011 | 11 | 10,234 |
| 2012 | 14 | 8,528 |
| 2013 | 16 | 7,667 |
| 2014 | 19 | 6,648 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10,697 |
| 2016 | 15 | 7,896 |
| 2017 | 16 | 7,360 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10,383 |
| 2019 | 9 | 11,168 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6,861 |
| 2021 | 15 | 7,554 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,527 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11,951 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,942 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 858 |
| 2012 | 55 | 731 |
| 2013 | 69 | 593 |
| 2014 | 71 | 582 |
| 2015 | 98 | 444 |
| 2016 | 103 | 431 |
| 2017 | 93 | 472 |
| 2018 | 97 | 449 |
| 2019 | 93 | 453 |
| 2020 | 98 | 433 |
| 2021 | 98 | 447 |
| 2022 | 77 | 516 |
| 2023 | 51 | 706 |
| 2024 | 45 | 826 |
| 2025 | 40 | 872 |

## People named Pola

- Pola Illéry, actress (1909–1993)
- Pola Kinski, German actress
- Pola Alonso, Argentine actress (1923–2004)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.