NameTides

Pola

Pola was the #9,457 girls' name in the US in 2025 (10 babies), and #872 in England & Wales.

Pola as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Pola as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandIrelandEngland & WalesUS
Pola as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#9,457 (10)#872 (40)#632 (4)—#718 (4)—
2024—#826 (45)#476 (6)—#504 (7)—
2023#11,169 (8)#706 (51)#439 (7)———
2022#9,056 (11)#516 (77)#470 (6)#418 (3)#559 (6)—
2021#7,250 (15)#447 (98)#316 (11)#446 (3)#363 (11)—
2020#6,629 (17)#433 (98)#293 (12)#281 (5)#294 (14)—
2019#10,473 (9)#453 (93)#343 (10)#336 (4)#325 (13)—
2018#9,806 (10)#449 (97)#301 (12)#361 (4)#218 (22)—
2017#7,092 (16)#472 (93)#409 (8)#432 (3)#260 (18)—
2016#7,602 (15)#431 (103)#383 (9)#353 (4)#204 (24)—
2015#10,148 (10)#444 (98)#300 (13)—#204 (26)—
2014#6,451 (19)#582 (71)#323 (12)—#336 (14)#3,316 (5)
2013#7,372 (16)#593 (69)#449 (7)#327 (5)#220 (25)—
2012#8,208 (14)#731 (55)#467 (7)—#199 (28)—
2011#9,723 (11)#858 (42)#579 (5)—#550 (7)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1926 at #1,667.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1911.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 170,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 170,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PolaCanadaGirls—too few
PolaEngland & WalesGirls#87240
PolaIrelandGirls#7184
PolaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
PolaScotlandGirls#6324
PolaUSGirls#9,45710