Pollyann

girls:

166 births since 1920

#5550 (3rd percentile)

overall:

166 births since 1920

#7573 (2nd percentile)

Popularity Trends

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

1920 1973 19201973

Key Statistics

Total Births
166
Peak Births
11
Peak Year
1948
First Recorded
1920
Peak Percentile
0.9%
Current Percentile
0.3%
Peak Rank
#567
Current Rank
#738
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Pollyann

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Pollyann. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 53.3% confident that Pollyann is pronounced as PAH-lee-AN. The next most likely pronunciation is PAH-lee-an, at 31.1% confidence.

PAH-lee-AN (3 syllables)
53.3% confidence
P AA1 L IY0 AE1 N
PAH-lee-an (3 syllables)
31.1% confidence
P AA1 L IY0 AE0 N
PAW-lee-AN (3 syllables)
8.9% confidence
P AO1 L IY0 AE1 N
PAW-lee-an (3 syllables)
6.7% confidence
P AO1 L IY0 AE0 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Pollyann. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Pollyann, please vote using the thumbs up button.

PAW-leen (2 syllables)
6 names 229k births
P AO1 L IY0 N
paw-LEEN (2 syllables)
5 names 229k births
P AO0 L IY1 N

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 AA1 L IY0 AE1 N) 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.