Polly

Girl name

Polly has been given to 29,708 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1964.

Meaning & origin /ˈpɒli/

Nickname for Mary, created by rhyming with Molly.

Origin: Hebrew

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

29,708

Peak year

1964 (688 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▲ +55%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Polly.

29,632 babies since 1929

29,933 babies since 1896

29,995 babies since 1910

30,170 babies since 1915

30,202 babies since 1887

28,731 babies since 1907

28,625 babies since 1896

31,099 babies since 1880

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