Polk Popularity by Year
Follow Polk across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Polk birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Boys | 5 | #3,827 | Up 324 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 5 | #4,151 | Up 59 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 5 | #4,210 | Down 1,055 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 8 | #3,155 | Up 1,084 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 5 | #4,239 | Down 370 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 6 | #3,869 | Down 133 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 6 | #3,736 | Up 443 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 5 | #4,179 | Down 1,223 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 8 | #2,956 | Up 941 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 5 | #3,897 | Down 72 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 5 | #3,825 | Down 2,759 places |
| 1892 | Boys | 5 | #1,066 | Down 252 places |
| 1890 | Boys | 7 | #814 | Up 107 places |
| 1887 | Boys | 5 | #921 | — |