Pollie

Girls' name

Variant of Polly

Pollie has been given to 1,265 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1920, with 33 recorded.

Babies named Pollie, 1987

1 in 721,000

Pollie over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Pollie: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Polly

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Pollie means

Pollie is a variant of Polly.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Pollie is used in English.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɑl.i/ and /ˈpɒl.i/ for Pollie.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Polly.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,265 girls were recorded with the name Pollie between 1880 and 1987. Its highest annual count was 33 in 1920; its best national rank was #622 in 1885.

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 Pollie?

Pollie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1987, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1987: 1 in 721,000; 5 of 3,605,072 births
Among girls only: 1 in 348,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1987: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 499,770 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Pollie sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1987 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 499,770 children born in 1987 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Pollie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Pollies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Pollie was born before 1920 — so the typical Pollie is around 105 today.

Median birth year: 1920; About 105 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 18.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 3.2%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 145; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 18.1% of all recorded uses (229).

Is Pollie 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: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1920 (33)
Years since peak: 105; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 36.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #622; 1885

Spellings of Pollie

Pollie is not the most common spelling — Lillie is, with 12.7% against Pollie's 0.10%.

Lillie12.7%158,918
Nellie12.2%152,691
Willie11.7%146,197
Ellie8.4%105,677
Billie8.3%103,663
Callie5.6%70,190
Allie4.2%53,251
Kellie4.0%50,754

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Pollie is used

Across 1910–2025, Pollie was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 183,031 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Alabama1 in 100,000
2Kentucky1 in 100,000
3Mississippi1 in 100,000
4North Carolina1 in 100,000
5Georgia1 in —
6Tennessee1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Pollie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Pollie around the world

Where Pollie 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
1998–2025
#5,927
in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Pollie by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #622; 1885
Peak year: 1920; 33 that year
First recorded: 1880
Last recorded: 1987
All-time count: 1,265
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Pollie

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

Polina Kailie Amalie Keelie Jaylie Caylie Bailie Atalie Zaylie Skylie Hadlie Kaelie Oaklie Brylie Mellie Khylie Adelie Maylie Maelie Adalie Analie Weslie Rhylie Emelie

Sibling names for Pollie

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

For a sister

Norine Vina Mozelle Marcelle Oleta Syble Adella Mittie

For a brother

Junius Dock Rupert Orin Otha Hilton Casimir Edd

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