Holly
#205 most common girls' name of all time · #388 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#205
Rank overall
#388 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
133 of 146
All-time
206,845
Since 2016
6,665
Peak year
1983 #48
Best rank
#48 1979
Girls
Boys
peak 6,415/yr
Holly is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 751 | — | 751 | #416 |
| 2024 | 745 | — | 745 | #420 |
| 2023 | 682 | — | 682 | #453 |
| 2022 | 693 | — | 693 | #457 |
| 2021 | 673 | — | 673 | #467 |
| 2020 | 639 | — | 639 | #479 |
| 2019 | 651 | — | 651 | #484 |
| 2018 | 608 | — | 608 | #512 |
| 2017 | 634 | — | 634 | #493 |
| 2016 | 589 | — | 589 | #527 |
| 2015 | 653 | — | 653 | #491 |
| 2014 | 714 | — | 714 | #448 |
| 2013 | 683 | — | 683 | #450 |
| 2012 | 740 | — | 740 | #425 |
| 2011 | 738 | — | 738 | #420 |
| 2010 | 775 | — | 775 | #409 |
| 2009 | 858 | — | 858 | #381 |
| 2008 | 907 | — | 907 | #364 |
| 2007 | 976 | — | 976 | #339 |
| 2006 | 955 | — | 955 | #346 |
| 2005 | 1,040 | — | 1,040 | #310 |
| 2004 | 1,119 | 8 | 1,127 | #293 |
| 2003 | 1,227 | — | 1,227 | #261 |
| 2002 | 1,363 | — | 1,363 | #231 |
| 2001 | 1,462 | — | 1,462 | #218 |
| 2000 | 1,690 | — | 1,690 | #189 |
| 1999 | 1,749 | — | 1,749 | #180 |
| 1998 | 1,921 | 5 | 1,926 | #163 |
| 1997 | 2,056 | 5 | 2,061 | #152 |
| 1996 | 2,438 | — | 2,438 | #130 |
| 1995 | 2,544 | — | 2,544 | #126 |
| 1994 | 2,924 | 8 | 2,932 | #112 |
| 1993 | 3,032 | 5 | 3,037 | #108 |
| 1992 | 3,347 | 8 | 3,355 | #99 |
| 1991 | 3,289 | 7 | 3,296 | #105 |
| 1990 | 3,772 | 5 | 3,777 | #89 |
| 1989 | 3,893 | 19 | 3,912 | #79 |
| 1988 | 4,217 | 18 | 4,235 | #72 |
| 1987 | 4,259 | 17 | 4,276 | #71 |
| 1986 | 4,838 | 29 | 4,867 | #63 |
| 1985 | 5,602 | 25 | 5,627 | #56 |
| 1984 | 5,928 | 17 | 5,945 | #53 |
| 1983 | 6,388 | 27 | 6,415 | #48 |
| 1982 | 4,682 | 17 | 4,699 | #61 |
| 1981 | 4,564 | 29 | 4,593 | #63 |
| 1980 | 5,282 | 24 | 5,306 | #52 |
| 1979 | 5,488 | 20 | 5,508 | #48 |
| 1978 | 4,972 | 23 | 4,995 | #55 |
| 1977 | 5,463 | 19 | 5,482 | #52 |
| 1976 | 5,173 | 21 | 5,194 | #56 |
| 1975 | 5,047 | 10 | 5,057 | #55 |
| 1974 | 5,144 | 22 | 5,166 | #56 |
| 1973 | 5,114 | 26 | 5,140 | #54 |
| 1972 | 4,376 | 20 | 4,396 | #71 |
| 1971 | 4,747 | 18 | 4,765 | #76 |
| 1970 | 4,940 | 13 | 4,953 | #74 |
| 1969 | 4,123 | 13 | 4,136 | #87 |
| 1968 | 3,421 | 18 | 3,439 | #103 |
| 1967 | 3,153 | 22 | 3,175 | #109 |
| 1966 | 3,398 | 15 | 3,413 | #101 |
| 1965 | 3,359 | 15 | 3,374 | #113 |
| 1964 | 3,478 | 18 | 3,496 | #121 |
| 1963 | 3,135 | 14 | 3,149 | #132 |
| 1962 | 2,922 | 11 | 2,933 | #148 |
| 1961 | 2,575 | 11 | 2,586 | #161 |
| 1960 | 2,580 | 16 | 2,596 | #161 |
| 1959 | 2,290 | 19 | 2,309 | #168 |
| 1958 | 2,242 | 19 | 2,261 | #168 |
| 1957 | 2,394 | 18 | 2,412 | #157 |
| 1956 | 2,325 | 25 | 2,350 | #162 |
| 1955 | 2,504 | 15 | 2,519 | #144 |
| 1954 | 2,092 | 14 | 2,106 | #166 |
| 1953 | 1,566 | 15 | 1,581 | #199 |
| 1952 | 1,317 | 17 | 1,334 | #214 |
| 1951 | 1,069 | 18 | 1,087 | #237 |
| 1950 | 834 | 18 | 852 | #266 |
| 1949 | 631 | 12 | 643 | #307 |
| 1948 | 672 | 19 | 691 | #294 |
| 1947 | 708 | 22 | 730 | #295 |
| 1946 | 507 | 21 | 528 | #331 |
| 1945 | 382 | 13 | 395 | #353 |
| 1944 | 305 | 12 | 317 | #415 |
| 1943 | 318 | 18 | 336 | #410 |
| 1942 | 230 | 13 | 243 | #490 |
| 1941 | 134 | 17 | 151 | #611 |
| 1940 | 74 | 15 | 89 | #830 |
| 1939 | 70 | 18 | 88 | #828 |
| 1938 | 66 | 12 | 78 | #867 |
| 1937 | 48 | 14 | 62 | #1,026 |
| 1936 | 49 | 12 | 61 | #985 |
| 1935 | 44 | 10 | 54 | #1,045 |
| 1934 | 28 | 16 | 44 | #1,382 |
| 1933 | 25 | 17 | 42 | #1,473 |
| 1932 | 32 | 20 | 52 | #1,300 |
| 1931 | 28 | 10 | 38 | #1,398 |
| 1930 | 25 | 22 | 47 | #1,580 |
| 1929 | 22 | 20 | 42 | #1,716 |
| 1928 | 24 | 14 | 38 | #1,691 |
| 1927 | 25 | 21 | 46 | #1,678 |
| 1926 | 20 | 17 | 37 | #1,941 |
| 1925 | 18 | 24 | 42 | #2,134 |
| 1924 | 18 | 28 | 46 | #2,149 |
| 1923 | 17 | 25 | 42 | #2,187 |
| 1922 | 22 | 18 | 40 | #1,849 |
| 1921 | 15 | 23 | 38 | #2,397 |
| 1920 | 18 | 24 | 42 | #2,098 |
| 1919 | 12 | 17 | 29 | #2,658 |
| 1918 | 14 | 32 | 46 | #2,393 |
| 1917 | 20 | 21 | 41 | #1,786 |
| 1916 | 18 | 16 | 34 | #1,883 |
| 1915 | 18 | 16 | 34 | #1,815 |
| 1914 | 15 | 18 | 33 | #1,749 |
| 1913 | 11 | 16 | 27 | #1,914 |
| 1912 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #2,003 |
| 1911 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #1,677 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,962 |
| 1909 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1908 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #1,381 |
| 1907 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,418 |
| 1906 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,252 |
| 1905 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1904 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,689 |
| 1900 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1899 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,634 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,729 |
| 1897 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,290 |
| 1896 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #1,612 |
| 1894 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1893 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,111 |
| 1892 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1888 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1885 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1880 | — | 5 | 5 | — |