Polo
Boy · POH-loh · Germanic
Polo is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “bold people”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Polo mean?
Germanic: Spanish short form of Leopoldo (also of Hipólito)
“bold people”
Also recalls Marco Polo, the thirteenth-century Venetian merchant who wrote about his travels to China.
- Say it
- POH-loh
Is Polo a girl's or a boy's name?
Polo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Polo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Polo, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2001, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
2025 had fewer boys named Polo than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Polo in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Polo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,522 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
Names like Polo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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