Holly
Rank in 2025
#416
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
751
girls 751
Peak year
1983
6,388 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
206,845
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Holly was most popular in 1983, when 6,388 babies recorded as girls got the name (3.8 per 1,000). In 2025, 751 babies were named Holly, ranking #416 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 751 | 416 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 745 | 420 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 682 | 453 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 693 | 457 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 673 | 465 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 639 | 479 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 651 | 483 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 608 | 512 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 634 | 493 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 589 | 527 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 653 | 491 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 714 | 448 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 683 | 450 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 740 | 425 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 738 | 420 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 775 | 409 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 858 | 380 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 907 | 364 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 976 | 339 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 955 | 346 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 1,040 | 310 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 1,119 | 293 | 8 | 8143 |
| 2003 | 1,227 | 261 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 1,363 | 231 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 1,462 | 218 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 1,690 | 189 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 1,749 | 180 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 1,921 | 163 | 5 | 9631 |
| 1997 | 2,056 | 152 | 5 | 9265 |
| 1996 | 2,438 | 130 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 2,544 | 126 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 2,924 | 112 | 8 | 6372 |
| 1993 | 3,032 | 108 | 5 | 8700 |
| 1992 | 3,347 | 99 | 8 | 6128 |
| 1991 | 3,289 | 105 | 7 | 6519 |
| 1990 | 3,772 | 89 | 5 | 8117 |
| 1989 | 3,893 | 79 | 19 | 3094 |
| 1988 | 4,217 | 72 | 18 | 2961 |
| 1987 | 4,259 | 71 | 17 | 2942 |
| 1986 | 4,838 | 63 | 29 | 2007 |
| 1985 | 5,602 | 56 | 25 | 2171 |
| 1984 | 5,928 | 53 | 17 | 2706 |
| 1983 | 6,388 | 48 | 27 | 1955 |
| 1982 | 4,682 | 61 | 17 | 2709 |
| 1981 | 4,564 | 63 | 29 | 1899 |
| 1980 | 5,282 | 52 | 24 | 2162 |
| 1979 | 5,488 | 48 | 20 | 2379 |
| 1978 | 4,972 | 55 | 23 | 2068 |
| 1977 | 5,463 | 52 | 19 | 2361 |
| 1976 | 5,173 | 56 | 21 | 2177 |
| 1975 | 5,047 | 55 | 10 | 3428 |
| 1974 | 5,144 | 56 | 22 | 1983 |
| 1973 | 5,114 | 54 | 26 | 1736 |
| 1972 | 4,376 | 71 | 20 | 2020 |
| 1971 | 4,747 | 76 | 18 | 2203 |
| 1970 | 4,940 | 74 | 13 | 2621 |
| 1969 | 4,123 | 87 | 13 | 2415 |
| 1968 | 3,421 | 103 | 18 | 1894 |
| 1967 | 3,153 | 109 | 22 | 1652 |
| 1966 | 3,398 | 101 | 15 | 2043 |
| 1965 | 3,359 | 113 | 15 | 2084 |
| 1964 | 3,478 | 121 | 18 | 1900 |
| 1963 | 3,135 | 132 | 14 | 2200 |
| 1962 | 2,922 | 148 | 11 | 2504 |
| 1961 | 2,575 | 161 | 11 | 2538 |
| 1960 | 2,580 | 161 | 16 | 2042 |
| 1959 | 2,290 | 168 | 19 | 1865 |
| 1958 | 2,242 | 168 | 19 | 1838 |
| 1957 | 2,394 | 157 | 18 | 1887 |
| 1956 | 2,325 | 162 | 25 | 1568 |
| 1955 | 2,504 | 144 | 15 | 2048 |
| 1954 | 2,092 | 166 | 14 | 2114 |
| 1953 | 1,566 | 199 | 15 | 2038 |
| 1952 | 1,317 | 214 | 17 | 1856 |
| 1951 | 1,069 | 237 | 18 | 1774 |
| 1950 | 834 | 266 | 18 | 1746 |
| 1949 | 631 | 307 | 12 | 2225 |
| 1948 | 672 | 294 | 19 | 1703 |
| 1947 | 708 | 295 | 22 | 1599 |
| 1946 | 507 | 331 | 21 | 1557 |
| 1945 | 382 | 353 | 13 | 1926 |
| 1944 | 305 | 415 | 12 | 2080 |
| 1943 | 318 | 410 | 18 | 1699 |
| 1942 | 230 | 489 | 13 | 2042 |
| 1941 | 134 | 611 | 17 | 1685 |
| 1940 | 74 | 827 | 15 | 1802 |
| 1939 | 70 | 824 | 18 | 1578 |
| 1938 | 66 | 866 | 12 | 2084 |
| 1937 | 48 | 1018 | 14 | 1913 |
| 1936 | 49 | 979 | 12 | 2062 |
| 1935 | 44 | 1039 | 10 | 2396 |
| 1934 | 28 | 1372 | 16 | 1783 |
| 1933 | 25 | 1470 | 17 | 1707 |
| 1932 | 32 | 1293 | 20 | 1584 |
| 1931 | 28 | 1394 | 10 | 2471 |
| 1930 | 25 | 1569 | 22 | 1559 |
| 1929 | 22 | 1704 | 20 | 1672 |
| 1928 | 24 | 1680 | 14 | 2162 |
| 1927 | 25 | 1669 | 21 | 1692 |
| 1926 | 20 | 1932 | 17 | 1911 |
| 1925 | 18 | 2119 | 24 | 1534 |
| 1924 | 18 | 2137 | 28 | 1414 |
| 1923 | 17 | 2169 | 25 | 1502 |
| 1922 | 22 | 1836 | 18 | 1883 |
| 1921 | 15 | 2378 | 23 | 1588 |
| 1920 | 18 | 2079 | 24 | 1543 |
| 1919 | 12 | 2640 | 17 | 1882 |
| 1918 | 14 | 2376 | 32 | 1231 |
| 1917 | 20 | 1773 | 21 | 1587 |
| 1916 | 18 | 1867 | 16 | 1849 |
| 1915 | 18 | 1800 | 16 | 1782 |
| 1914 | 15 | 1740 | 18 | 1441 |
| 1913 | 11 | 1883 | 16 | 1311 |
| 1912 | 9 | 1981 | 11 | 1527 |
| 1911 | 9 | 1656 | 6 | 1537 |
| 1910 | 7 | 1935 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 6 | 1277 |
| 1908 | 10 | 1357 | 7 | 1113 |
| 1907 | 9 | 1384 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 10 | 1229 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | <5 | — | 5 | 1233 |
| 1904 | 6 | 1659 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 8 | 968 |
| 1899 | 5 | 1596 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 5 | 1700 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 7 | 1263 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 5 | 1583 | 6 | 982 |
| 1895 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1894 | <5 | — | 8 | 787 |
| 1893 | 8 | 1091 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | <5 | — | 6 | 956 |
| 1891 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1890 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1889 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 8 | 755 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1886 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1885 | <5 | — | 6 | 836 |
| 1884 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1883 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1882 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1881 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 5 | 909 |
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Names like Holly
Names whose popularity rose and fell over the same years.
Where Holly is most popular
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years