Pollie

Last seen for girls in 1987 at #11,325

Peak · girls
1885 · 13 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,265
since 1880

Pollie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Pollie has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201901peak #608, 1885girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1987#11,3255
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1979#9,0106
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1973#8,4235
1972#8,2925
1971#7,3886
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1965#5,2897
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1963#5,8916
1962#6,5785
1961#4,5469
1960#6,3905
1959#5,0317
1958#4,5208
1957—
1956#3,49312
1955#5,8285
1954#5,1486
1953#3,68710
1952#2,80615
1951#2,93713
1950#3,42310
1949#2,99912
1948#3,8838
1947#3,44810
1946#2,73913
1945#2,91610
1944#2,28715
1943#2,44714
1942#2,98610
1941#1,81020
1940#1,96517
1939#1,88118
1938#2,44712
1937#1,99916
1936#1,80118
1935#2,30513
1934#2,9239
1933#1,65821
1932#1,52025
1931#2,42712
1930#2,55212
1929#1,89219
1928#1,68024
1927#1,88521
1926#1,54128
1925#2,01819
1924#1,77024
1923#1,84022
1922#1,83622
1921#2,19517
1920#1,37533
1919#1,80121
1918#2,51913
1917#1,55224
1916#1,35729
1915#1,57122
1914#1,34422
1913#1,60114
1912#1,25218
1911#1,07117
1910#1,03018
1909#1,6078
1908#1,08414
1907#76024
1906#96515
1905#87218
1904#80520
1903#78919
1902#1,02412
1901#69921
1900#86019
1899#90613
1898#76819
1897#64423
1896#95012
1895#78816
1894#74416
1893#73916
1892#1,2786
1891#66916
1890#69315
1889#1,1476
1888#72413
1887#73310
1886#7789
1885#60813
1884#61412
1883#6928
1882#9085
1881#8305
1880#8365
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Pollie was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1957, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Pollie is popular in 1901

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Pollie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1987
  • Biggest jump: 539 spots in 1893 (#1,278 → #739)
  • Biggest drop: 609 spots in 1892 (#669 → #1,278)
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1885 at #608 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1889, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1880–1888
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,183
  • Highest: 1 in 10,183 girls born in 1897 were named Pollie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 347,726 girls born in 1987 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #608 in 1885, was only 1 in 10,235 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 18.1% of all girls named Pollie (229) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s86#608 (1885)#787
1890s152#644 (1897)#818
1900s170#699 (1901)#947
1910s198#1,030 (1910)#1,510
1920s229#1,375 (1920)#1,803
1930s156#1,520 (1932)#2,151
1940s129#1,810 (1941)#2,748
1950s86#2,806 (1952)#4,097
1960s32#4,546 (1961)#5,739
1970s22#7,388 (1971)#8,278
1980s5#11,325 (1987)#11,325

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Pollie in 1901

girls
#699
21 births · 1 in 11,397 girls

Top girls' names in 1901

  1. #1Mary13,136
  2. #2Helen5,247
  3. #3Anna4,923
  4. #4Margaret4,424
  5. #5Ruth3,974
  6. #6Elizabeth3,216
  7. #7Marie3,157
  8. #8Florence3,131
  9. #9Ethel3,067
  10. #10Lillian2,681
  11. #699Pollie21
More about 1901

girls

239,345 girls got a published name in 1901; 1 in 11,397 of them was named Pollie, which outranked 64.0% of the 1,943 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pollie
  1. #684Myrtice22
  2. #684Oda22
  3. #684Rosalia22
  4. #699Pollie21
  5. #699Albertine21
  6. #699Alverta21
  7. #699Arrie21
  8. #723Bethel20
  9. #723Carmella20
  10. #723Docia20

Tied with 23 names at #699; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1900
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,051Dellie#1,932 → #881
  2. ↑ 971Oneta#1,932 → #961
  3. ↑ 805Trula#1,723 → #918
  4. ↑ 762Dannie#1,723 → #961
  5. ↑ 704Thea#1,561 → #857
Fallers
  1. ↓ 846Leonore#833 → #1,679
  2. ↓ 709Syble#970 → #1,679
  3. ↓ 663Dellar#803 → #1,466
  4. ↓ 634Portia#705 → #1,339
  5. ↓ 633Dana#833 → #1,466

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1901 →