Meaning and history
Combination of Polly and Anna, this name was made famous by the title character in Eleanor H. Porter’s 1913 novel Pollyanna.
20062006: no US SSA record for this spelling
2007: 7 births, rank #13,924
2008: 11 births, rank #10,084
2009: 6 births, rank #15,242
2010: 7 births, rank #13,448
20112011: 10 births, rank #10,374
2012: 5 births, rank #16,869
2013: 9 births, rank #11,000
2014: 9 births, rank #10,955
2015: 12 births, rank #8,931
20162016: 8 births, rank #11,781
2017: 8 births, rank #11,615
2018: 8 births, rank #11,427
2019: 8 births, rank #11,356
2020: 8 births, rank #11,090
20212021: 10 births, rank #9,562
2022: 9 births, rank #10,383
2023: 9 births, rank #10,312
2024: 13 births, rank #7,967
20252025: 19 births, rank #6,116
In 2025, 19 babies were recorded with the name Pollyanna, ranking #6,116 among girls.