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How popular is “Pollyanna” in the USA?

Number of people named “Pollyanna” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Pollyanna” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Pollyanna” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Pollyanna” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Pollyanna” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Pollyanna” by birth year

This chart shows how “Pollyanna” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1914 6 0.000004236 6 100%
1915 12 0.000006549 12 100%
1916 20 0.000010339 20 100%
1917 21 0.000010465 21 100%
1918 13 0.000005988 13 100%
1919 15 0.000007108 15 100%
1920 25 0.000011049 25 100%
1921 20 0.000008567 20 100%
1922 13 0.000005679 13 100%
1923 14 0.00000608 14 100%
1924 16 0.000006718 16 100%
1925 10 0.000004286 10 100%
1926 20 0.000008711 20 100%
1927 9 0.00000388 9 100%
1928 15 0.000006634 15 100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 100%
1930 7 0.000003148 7 100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 100%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 100%
1944 9 0.000003346 9 100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 100%
1947 6 0.000001666 6 100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 100%
1952 5 0.000001316 5 100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 100%
1960 21 0.000005056 21 100%
1961 43 0.000010381 43 100%
1962 20 0.000004956 20 100%
1963 30 0.000007579 30 100%
1964 53 0.000013633 53 100%
1965 25 0.000006896 25 100%
1966 30 0.000008631 30 100%
1967 12 0.000003535 12 100%
1968 27 0.000007992 27 100%
1969 23 0.000006618 23 100%
1970 23 0.000006377 23 100%
1971 20 0.000005827 20 100%
1972 16 0.000005091 16 100%
1973 21 0.000006961 21 100%
1974 15 0.000004934 15 100%
1975 27 0.000008942 27 100%
1976 17 0.000005603 17 100%
1977 9 0.000002833 9 100%
1978 9 0.000002836 9 100%
1979 14 0.000004208 14 100%
1980 9 0.000002613 9 100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 100%
1982 13 0.000003706 13 100%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 100%
1990 9 0.000002277 9 100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 100%
1999 9 0.000002436 9 100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 100%
2011 10 0.000002734 10 100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 100%
2014 9 0.000002428 9 100%
2015 12 0.000003242 12 100%
2016 8 0.000002181 8 100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 100%
2018 8 0.000002275 8 100%
2019 8 0.000002305 8 100%
2020 8 0.000002395 8 100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 100%
2022 9 0.00000266 9 100%
2023 9 0.000002718 9 100%
2024 13 0.000003906 13 100%

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