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How popular is the name Pollyanna?
Births per year, rank history and how many Pollyannas are alive today.
Pollyanna (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 2006th in 2025 and given to 14 babies. The name peaked in 2012, when 46 babies were given the name, the 825th most popular that year. It has declined since 2012; the 2025 figure is roughly 30% of its peak.
The Pollyanna you are most likely to meet is around 14 years old. Half of all Pollyannas born in England and Wales are between 11 and 28, and there are at least 790 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Pollyanna - on average, only one in every 399 such rooms contains a Pollyanna.
How many babies are named Pollyanna each year?
Where does Pollyanna rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Pollyanna most popular?
Pollyanna peaked in 2012, when 46 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Pollyanna?
At least 790 people named Pollyanna born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Pollyanna?
Most living Pollyannas are between 11 and 28; the most common age is about 14.
Is Pollyanna becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2012 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.