Name profile

Polly

Medieval variant of Molly.

PronunciationAmerican English /ˈpɑl.i/; British English /ˈpɒl.i/
Usage languagesEnglish, Icelandic
US rank (2025)#2,298

Meaning and history

A medieval variant of Molly, with the reason for the change in the initial consonant unknown.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 43 births, rank #3,617
2007: 33 births, rank #4,475
2008: 35 births, rank #4,360
2009: 37 births, rank #4,107
2010: 35 births, rank #4,180
20112011: 44 births, rank #3,550
2012: 45 births, rank #3,523
2013: 44 births, rank #3,513
2014: 51 births, rank #3,184
2015: 51 births, rank #3,211
20162016: 51 births, rank #3,182
2017: 46 births, rank #3,387
2018: 52 births, rank #3,107
2019: 49 births, rank #3,222
2020: 54 births, rank #2,966
20212021: 63 births, rank #2,715
2022: 68 births, rank #2,579
2023: 66 births, rank #2,646
2024: 87 births, rank #2,178
20252025: 79 births, rank #2,298

Polly rose from #867 to #798 for girls between 1975 and 1977. Its highest annual birth count came in 1964, with 688 births.