Pollyanna vs optimist

Pollyanna

noun
  • One who is persistently cheerful and optimistic, even when given cause not to be so. 

  • A secret Santa gift exchange. 

name
  • A female given name from Hebrew derived from Polly and Anna; rare in the real world. 

optimist

noun
  • a person who expects a favourable outcome 

  • a believer in optimism 

How often have the words Pollyanna and optimist occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )