Polly
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Polly
An alternative to the no-longer-fresh Molly, the initial 'P' gives Polly a peppier sound, combining the cozy virtues of an old-timey name with the bounce of a barmaid.
Associated with Tom Sawyer's aunt, 'Polly, put the kettle on,' parrots, Polly Peachum, Nirvana and Kinks songs, and the movie Along Came Polly, as well as characters in Noel Streatfeild's Ballet Shoes, C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia and now on the Netflix show Orange is the New Black, Polly never achieved the comeback that her cousin did, perhaps because she sounds too Pollyanna-ish.
Although she has been off the Social Security list for decades, Polly sits in the middle of the Nameberry's own Top 1000. We'd love to see some new baby Pollys!
Polly is also given to boys.
Pronounced PAH-lee.
As of October 2026, Polly ranked #2318 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #225 in 1881, Nameberry popularity #388.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,217 | 51 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #3,244 | 51 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #3,213 | 51 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #3,425 | 46 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #3,147 | 52 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #3,259 | 49 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #2,995 | 54 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #2,742 | 63 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #2,595 | 68 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #2,668 | 66 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #2,206 | 86 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #2,318 | 79 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Polly for girls
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Polly on lists
Famous Pollys
- Polly CokeGirl
Viscountess Coke
- Polly Jean "P.J." HarveyGirl
British singer,songwriter
- Pauline "Polly" AdamsGirl
English actress
- Pearl "Polly" AdlerGirl
American madam and author
- Polly BemisGirl
Chinese,American pioneer
- Polly Bergen (born Nellie Paulina Burgin)Girl
American singer and actress
- Polly BerryGirl
American slave who sued for her freedom
- Polly BradfieldGirl
American violinist
- Polly BorlandGirl
Australian photographer
- Polly BrownGirl
English singer
- Polly Carey DraperGirl
American actress
- Polly DunbarGirl
English author and illustrator
- Polly DurantGirl
American cellist
- Polly Dean HollidayGirl
American actress
- Polly EmeryGirl
British actress
- Pauline Theresa "Polly" MoranGirl
American actress and comedian
- Mary Marr "Polly" PlattGirl
American film producer
- Polly Celine Eveline MatzingerGirl
French immunologist
- Polly ShannonGirl
Canadian actress
- Polly Hannah KlaasGirl
American child murder victim
- Polly PaulusmaGirl
English singer,songwriter
- Polly Lucinda MaberlyGirl
English actress
- Polly ScattergoodGirl
English singer,songwriter
- Polly StenhamGirl
English playwright
- Mary Louisa "Polly" ToynbeeGirl
English journalist
- Polly Perkins (born Gillian Nessie Arnold)Girl
English actress and singer
- Polly HorvathGirl
American,Canadian children's author
- Polly JamesGirl
English actress
- Polly SamsonGirl
English novelist
- Polly WardGirl
British singer and actress
- Polly Alexandra WalkerGirl
English actress
- Polly YoungGirl
English soprano and composer
- Polly Ann YoungGirl
American actress; sister of actress Loretta Young
- Polly Maness (b. 2018)Girl
daughter of actress Erika Christensen and husband Cole Maness
Polly in pop culture
- Aunt PollyGirl
Tom Sawyer's guardian in the book/film by Mark Twain
- Pauline "Polly" FossilGirl
character in Noel Streatfeild's "Ballet Shoes"
- Polly ShermanGirl
character in "Fawlty Towers"
- Polly PlummerGirl
character in the Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis
- Polly WrightGirl
companion of the Doctor from BBCs Doctor Who
- Polly HarperGirl
character on TV's "Orange Is the New Black"
- Polly CooperGirl
older sister of Betty in Archie Comics and TV's Riverdale
- Polly PerkinsGirl
from movie "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow"
- Sweet Polly PurebredGirl
character on animated series "Underdog"
- PollyGirl
librarian in "The Cat Who" series by Lilian Jackson Braun
- Polly BeckerGirl
character on British soap "EastEnders"
- Polyhymnia "Polly" O'KeefeGirl
character in a series of books by Madeleine L'Engle
- Polly BakerGirl
character in the musical "Crazy for You"
- Polly KempGirl
character in children's novel "The Wish Giver"
- Elizabeth "Polly" GrayGirl
character on TV's "Peaky Blinders"
- Polly BrownGirl
character in Kit Pearson's "The Whole Truth"
- Polly ParsonsGirl
character in film "I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House"
- Polly PocketGirl
line of miniature dolls
- PollyGirl
stereotypical parrot name ("Polly want a cracker")
- "PollyGirl
" song by Nirvana
- "Sweet Polly OliverGirl
" English folk song about a cross,dressing girl
- "Little Polly FlindersGirl
" English nursery rhyme
- Polly PeachumGirl
character in The Threepenny/Beggars Opera by John Gay and Bertholt Brecht
- Paulina Mary "Polly" Home/de BassompierreGirl
character in Villette by Charlotte Bronte
- Polaris "Polly" KlepskyGirl
Nonbinary character from the webcomic "Sparklecare Hospital"
- Princess PollyGirl
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