Polly is an established girls' name that peaked in 1964 and has since faded.
Polly is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,318 for girl births in the United States (and #4,177 across all names), given to 79 babies. Polly was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1964 (688 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | 79 | #2,318 | — |
| 2024 | 87 | 87 | #2,193 | — |
| 2023 | 66 | 66 | #2,668 | — |
| 2022 | 68 | 68 | #2,597 | — |
| 2021 | 63 | 63 | #2,745 | — |
| 2020 | 54 | 54 | #3,001 | — |
| 2019 | 49 | 49 | #3,262 | — |
| 2018 | 52 | 52 | #3,147 | — |
| 2017 | 46 | 46 | #3,426 | — |
| 2016 | 51 | 51 | #3,214 | — |
| 2015 | 51 | 51 | #3,244 | — |
| 2014 | 51 | 51 | #3,218 | — |
| 2013 | 44 | 44 | #3,561 | — |
| 2012 | 45 | 45 | #3,568 | — |
| 2011 | 44 | 44 | #3,591 | — |
| 2010 | 35 | 35 | #4,280 | — |
| 2009 | 37 | 37 | #4,169 | — |
| 2008 | 35 | 35 | #4,430 | — |
| 2007 | 33 | 33 | #4,542 | — |
| 2006 | 43 | 43 | #3,663 | — |
| 2005 | 44 | 44 | #3,449 | — |
| 2004 | 28 | 28 | #4,788 | — |
| 2003 | 27 | 27 | #4,783 | — |
| 2002 | 20 | 20 | #5,845 | — |
| 2001 | 30 | 30 | #4,176 | — |
| 2000 | 25 | 25 | #4,754 | — |
| 1999 | 21 | 21 | #5,165 | — |
| 1998 | 39 | 39 | #3,211 | — |
| 1997 | 39 | — | #3,086 | — |
| 1996 | 39 | — | #3,076 | — |
| 1995 | 39 | — | #3,006 | — |
| 1994 | 48 | — | #2,614 | — |
| 1993 | 33 | — | #3,398 | — |
| 1992 | 50 | — | #2,542 | — |
| 1991 | 62 | — | #2,153 | — |
| 1990 | 55 | — | #2,308 | — |
| 1989 | 64 | — | #1,992 | — |
| 1988 | 43 | — | #2,518 | — |
| 1987 | 61 | — | #1,895 | — |
| 1986 | 56 | — | #1,969 | — |
| 1985 | 66 | — | #1,736 | — |
| 1984 | 67 | — | #1,652 | — |
| 1983 | 62 | — | #1,743 | — |
| 1982 | 82 | — | #1,468 | — |
| 1981 | 81 | — | #1,499 | — |
| 1980 | 107 | — | #1,235 | — |
| 1979 | 114 | — | #1,164 | — |
| 1978 | 112 | — | #1,146 | — |
| 1977 | 188 | — | #798 | — |
| 1976 | 125 | — | #1,007 | — |
| 1975 | 155 | — | #867 | — |
| 1974 | 212 | — | #696 | — |
| 1973 | 220 | — | #680 | — |
| 1972 | 236 | — | #649 | — |
| 1971 | 308 | — | #571 | — |
| 1970 | 297 | — | #593 | — |
| 1969 | 296 | — | #573 | — |
| 1968 | 372 | — | #503 | — |
| 1967 | 399 | — | #476 | — |
| 1966 | 421 | — | #461 | — |
| 1965 | 447 | — | #453 | — |
| 1964 | 688 | — | #361 | — |
| 1963 | 572 | — | #402 | — |
| 1962 | 566 | — | #406 | — |
| 1961 | 659 | — | #376 | — |
| 1960 | 610 | — | #384 | — |
| 1959 | 505 | — | #423 | — |
| 1958 | 540 | — | #395 | — |
| 1957 | 509 | — | #411 | — |
| 1956 | 550 | — | #376 | — |
| 1955 | 588 | — | #360 | — |
| 1954 | 493 | — | #387 | — |
| 1953 | 513 | — | #377 | — |
| 1952 | 434 | — | #399 | — |
| 1951 | 473 | — | #374 | — |
| 1950 | 463 | — | #374 | — |
| 1949 | 473 | — | #363 | — |
| 1948 | 427 | — | #385 | — |
| 1947 | 443 | — | #380 | — |
| 1946 | 452 | — | #358 | — |
| 1945 | 398 | — | #343 | — |
| 1944 | 417 | — | #335 | — |
| 1943 | 427 | — | #347 | — |
| 1942 | 413 | — | #344 | — |
| 1941 | 435 | — | #313 | — |
| 1940 | 416 | — | #313 | — |
| 1939 | 418 | — | #300 | — |
| 1938 | 351 | — | #342 | — |
| 1937 | 372 | — | #321 | — |
| 1936 | 370 | — | #318 | — |
| 1935 | 377 | — | #324 | — |
| 1934 | 436 | — | #297 | — |
| 1933 | 372 | — | #324 | — |
| 1932 | 416 | — | #314 | — |
| 1931 | 385 | — | #329 | #3,667 |
| 1930 | 378 | — | #335 | #4,427 |
| 1929 | 394 | — | #326 | — |
| 1928 | 390 | — | #340 | — |
| 1927 | 332 | — | #376 | — |
| 1926 | 338 | — | #367 | — |
| 1925 | 320 | — | #380 | — |
| 1924 | 348 | — | #370 | #3,437 |
| 1923 | 312 | — | #376 | — |
| 1922 | 324 | — | #367 | — |
| 1921 | 285 | — | #402 | — |
| 1920 | 289 | — | #386 | — |
| 1919 | 249 | — | #411 | — |
| 1918 | 297 | — | #384 | #4,657 |
| 1917 | 267 | — | #385 | — |
| 1916 | 254 | — | #392 | — |
| 1915 | 209 | — | #417 | — |
| 1914 | 164 | — | #417 | — |
| 1913 | 138 | — | #421 | — |
| 1912 | 145 | — | #383 | — |
| 1911 | 91 | — | #429 | — |
| 1910 | 110 | — | #373 | — |
| 1909 | 82 | — | #405 | — |
| 1908 | 83 | — | #404 | — |
| 1907 | 77 | — | #407 | — |
| 1906 | 85 | — | #367 | — |
| 1905 | 71 | — | #404 | — |
| 1904 | 80 | — | #367 | — |
| 1903 | 73 | — | #375 | — |
| 1902 | 62 | — | #397 | — |
| 1901 | 62 | — | #377 | — |
| 1900 | 78 | — | #379 | — |
| 1899 | 57 | — | #386 | — |
| 1898 | 75 | — | #365 | — |
| 1897 | 66 | — | #365 | — |
| 1896 | 68 | — | #353 | — |
| 1895 | 76 | — | #329 | — |
| 1894 | 78 | — | #317 | — |
| 1893 | 61 | — | #348 | — |
| 1892 | 65 | — | #332 | — |
| 1891 | 58 | — | #334 | — |
| 1890 | 57 | — | #341 | — |
| 1889 | 56 | — | #332 | — |
| 1888 | 60 | — | #310 | — |
| 1887 | 48 | — | #309 | — |
| 1886 | 58 | — | #275 | — |
| 1885 | 43 | — | #311 | — |
| 1884 | 48 | — | #281 | — |
| 1883 | 33 | — | #312 | — |
| 1882 | 41 | — | #277 | — |
| 1881 | 48 | — | #225 | — |
| 1880 | 41 | — | #245 | — |