Feminine dossier · first seen 1914

Pollyanna

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Pollyanna
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1964

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1914Peak 19642024

Peak year

1964

Decline from peak

75.5%

2024

All-time

1,110

Pollyanna has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1964, when 53 girls were named Pollyanna.

In 2024, only 13 girls were given the name.

Down 75.5% from its peak.

All told, about 1,110 Americans have been named Pollyanna and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1914.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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