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Pol

#8,745 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Paul

Pol has been given to 39 babies in the U.S. since 2008. In 2025 it ranked #8,745 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Pol, 2025

1 in 368,000

Pol over time, 1880–2025

Boys
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Pol: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Paul

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Pol means

Pol is a form of Paul.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Pol → Paul. The family’s meaning is “small”, recorded in English with the source elements paulus.

Origin, language, and formation

Pol is used in Catalan, Dutch and Old French.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Paul and Leopold.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Catalan, Pol is pronounced [ˈpo̞l].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 39 boys were recorded with the name Pol between 2008 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2025; its best national rank was #8,745 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,559 in 2020 to #8,745 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,538 in 2015 to #8,745 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Pol?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 190,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#8,745
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Pol sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Pol. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Pols were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Pol was born before 2017 — so the typical Pol is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
51.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
39
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 51.3% of all recorded uses (20).

Is Pol rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
+4,814
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+4,793
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.80×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (9)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Very steady
0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#8,745
2025

Pol around the world

Where Pol ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2019–2025
    #3,684
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    1999–2021
    #374
    in 2021
  • Ireland
    1984–1990
    #323
    in 1990
  • France
    1900–2025
    #2,206
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    2005–2005
    #643
    in 2005

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Pol by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,745
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 4,814
Best rank ever
#8,745
2025
Peak year
2025
9 that year
First recorded
2008
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
39
Count in 2025
9

Names similar to Pol

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Pol

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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