Polk peaked in the US in 1890 at #814, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Polk as a boy’s name Share of babies Rank
Polk as a boy’s name, US Babies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. 0 0.03 0.05 0.08 0.1 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Polk as a boy’s name, US Babies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. 0 0.03 0.05 0.08 0.1 1880 1920 1960 2000 Polk as a boy’s name, US Official rank (1 = most popular, log scale), 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. #1 #10 #100 #1,000 #10K 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Polk as a boy’s name, US Official rank (1 = most popular, log scale), 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. #1 #10 #100 #1,000 #10K 1880 1920 1960 2000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers Year US 1954 #3,827 (5) 1928 #4,151 (5) 1927 #4,210 (5) 1925 #3,155 (8) 1923 #4,239 (5) 1921 #3,869 (6) 1919 #3,736 (6) 1918 #4,179 (5) 1917 #2,956 (8) 1916 #3,897 (5) 1915 #3,825 (5) 1892 #1,066 (5) 1890 #814 (7) 1887 #921 (5)
The tide so far Peaked in the US in 1890 at #814. First recorded in the US in 1887.