# Pollyanna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/pollyanna/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˌpɒliˈænə/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,129 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,129 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 639, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Polly + Anna.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 10,999 |
| 2012 | 5 | 18,901 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,744 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,721 |
| 2015 | 12 | 9,357 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,613 |
| 2017 | 8 | 12,477 |
| 2018 | 8 | 12,238 |
| 2019 | 8 | 12,171 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11,884 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10,138 |
| 2022 | 9 | 11,022 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,968 |
| 2024 | 13 | 8,320 |
| 2025 | 19 | 6,273 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 40 | 894 |
| 2012 | 46 | 825 |
| 2013 | 39 | 944 |
| 2014 | 33 | 1,070 |
| 2015 | 22 | 1,452 |
| 2016 | 29 | 1,172 |
| 2017 | 24 | 1,371 |
| 2018 | 22 | 1,436 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,703 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,687 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,569 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,774 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,819 |
| 2025 | 14 | 2,006 |

## 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.