Pola

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Pola: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Pola: Recorded every year since 2004, it reached #199 in 2012, and it stood at #718 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#199highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#4598
2005	#2970
2006	#4157
2007	#1656
2008	#1176
2009	#1055
2010	#946
2011	#858
2012	#731
2013	#593
2014	#582
2015	#444
2016	#431
2017	#472
2018	#449
2019	#453
2020	#433
2021	#447
2022	#516
2023	#706
2024	#826

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 2004 to 2024.

In 2024: #476 among girls in Scotland, #504 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #826 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 2004–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #4598 among girls in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2007–2025
Highest recorded position: #199 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2012 (recorded 2007–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Pola appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 21 years beginning in 2004, and has registered 1,209 births with the name.

Pola across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Pola's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#4598 (2004)	#431 (2016)	#826 (2024)	21 of 21	1,209 (2004–2024)	103 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#705 (2007)	#199 (2012)	#718 (2025)	18 of 19	253 (2007–2025)	28 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#327 (2013)	#281 (2020)	#418 (2022)	8 of 10	31 (2013–2022)	5 (2013)

Pola by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Pola in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	83	6 of 10	14
2010sbusiest	757	10 of 10	76
2020s	369	5 of 10	74

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 76 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2014 and 2015, when recorded births rose by 27, from 71 to 98.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Pola appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 2004 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #199 in Republic of Ireland in 2012.

Pola's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#826	45	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#706	51	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#516	77	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#447	98	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#433	98	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#453	93	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#449	97	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#472	93	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#431	103	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#444	98	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#582	71	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#593	69	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#731	55	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#858	42	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#946	36	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1055	30	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1176	25	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1656	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#418	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#446	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#281	5	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#336	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#361	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#353	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#327	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#504	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	11	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	14	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	13	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#218	22	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#260	18	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#204	24	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#204	26	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	14	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	25	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#199	28	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#555	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	16	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#546	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#476	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 2004 and 2025, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #199, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 103 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 20 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Pixie · #246, 21y
Pol · #189, 12y
Polina · #555, 23y
Polly · #156, 31y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Zander · #199, 26y
Oliwier · #196, 22y
Dottie · #204, 17y
Matei · #193, 21y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Arla · #196, 18y
Oliwier · #196, 22y
Rioghan · #202, 13y
Vega · #196, 16y

Pola was ranked #199 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2012. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Pola and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Pola without appearing here.

Pola moved ahead of

Hennie Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4598 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #582 and #5691.
Debra Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4157 and #4157 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1176 and #5545.
Freddie Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4157 and #3548 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1176 and #5545.
Helene Compare
In 2006 they stood at #4157 and #4157 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1656 and #5201.

Moved ahead of Pola

Olive Compare
In 2020 they stood at #281 and #397 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #446 and #190.
Evelyn Compare
In 2015 they stood at #327 and #440 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #353 and #129.
Ada Compare
In 2015 they stood at #327 and #440 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #353 and #137.
Aria Compare
In 2013 they stood at #220 and #246 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #336 and #164.

Moved the opposite way to Pola

Abigail Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pola went from #4598 to #826 while Abigail went from #19 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pola went from #4598 to #826 while Aimee went from #47 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pola went from #4598 to #826 while Aisling went from #866 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pola went from #4598 to #826 while Alex went from #199 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Pola

Ada Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pola went from #4598 to #826 and Ada from #1617 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pola went from #4598 to #826 and Alma from #1535 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pola went from #4598 to #826 and Amelia from #18 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pola went from #4598 to #826 and Aria from #1715 to #35.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 2004 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #199 in Republic of Ireland in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Pola

Pola at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Pola across 3 official records

Pola by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Pola appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Pola

Pola and the names beside it

Pola moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Pola

Moved the opposite way to Pola

Moved the same way as Pola

Pola at a glance

Pola across 3 official records

Pola by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Pola appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Pola

Pola and the names beside it

Pola moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Pola

Moved the opposite way to Pola

Moved the same way as Pola