Pola

Popularity Trends

The name Pola is the #7,067 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 672 recorded births since 1911. This represents the 8.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,044 (11.7% percentile) for all time with 672 births since 1911.

Pola first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1911 (first recorded for girls in 1911). Birth data for Pola is available in 73 out of the 113 years between 1911 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Pola reached its peak popularity in 1926, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #584) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1926, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Pola ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 22.5% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Pola".

1911 2023 19112023

Key Statistics

Total Births

672

Peak Births

Peak Year

1926

First Recorded

1911

Peak Percentile

3.3%

Current Percentile

0.3%

Peak Rank

#584

Current Rank

#944

Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Pola", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Pola.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Pola's popularity from 1908 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Pola at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Pola range from Audrey at 71.1% correlation to Rocco at 65.7% correlation, with an average correlation level of 67.9%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Audrey with 302.8K births (99% girls) and the least popular is Bettylee with 136 births (100% girls).

Pola's share of births peaked at 20.3 births per million for girls in 1926. It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (12% of peak) in 1960. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Pola had 4.6 births per million, 23% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Audrey

302.8k

71.13% (strong)

Edsel

3,951

70.17% (strong)

Junior

42.4k

69.39% (strong)

Cosmo

2,775

68.98% (strong)

Melrose

1,142

68.25% (strong)

Onalee

985

67.66% (strong)

Hansel

3,433

67.64% (strong)

Emmajean

692

67.29% (strong)

Bettylee

136

66.28% (strong)

Shigeko

325

66.17% (strong)

Berl

1,059

65.91% (strong)

Rocco

30.4k

65.74% (strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Pola

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Pola. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Pola is pronounced as POH-luh, which has 2 syllables.

POH-luh

100.0%

POH-luh (2 syllables)

100.0% confidence

P OW1 L AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like P OW1 L AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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