Polina comes from the Greek / Slavic tradition, meaning Of Apollo, sun god, destroyer.
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How popular is Polina?
2017peak year
Today, Polina is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #2987), with only about 58 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2017, 74 babies were given the name (ranked #2458 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Polina's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 1,286 babies have been registered as Polina since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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