Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
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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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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