How rare is the name Polina?

4,245 people in the United States have the first name Polina, about 1 in 71,150. It ranks #4,418 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

POLINA

#4,418

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,245
About
1 in 71,150
This common or more
84%
Who bears it

Of the 4,245 people named Polina, 94.1% reported their origin as White, 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Polina peaked in 2017, when 74 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19912025
Peak year
2017
Births that year
74
In 2025*
48 ▼35%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,334 babies have been given the name since 1991. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Polina by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #4,934. The largest share of babies named Polina, 55.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1990s#13,55193
2000s#7,035337
2010s#4,934606
2020s#5,661298
Millennials 1981–963.3%
Generation Z 1997–1241.5%
2013 and later55.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Polina

#4,416 Papa · 4,247#4,417 Celestino · 4,246#4,419 Demario · 4,244#4,420 Jeanmarie · 4,242

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Polina, most common first.

#36,929 Poliana · 213#39,641 Polin · 190

Also a last name

As a last name, Polina ranks #59,236 of 156,621, with 369 people. See Polina as a last name

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