Unisex name · since 1918
Holland
7,835 babies named Holland in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,932 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #549 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,835
- born since 1918
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Holland is the #549 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 7,835 recorded since 1918.
Social Security Administration records show Holland recorded 7,835 times among girls since 1918, holding rank #549 nationally today, ahead of 97% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #1,932 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #549 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,835 born since 1918
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Holland ranks #1,932 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #549 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,835 born since 1918, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,932 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #549 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,835
- born since 1918
- 2020s
- peak decade
Holland's 7,835 recorded births place it above 97.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
39 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Holland compares
7,835 Top 11% higher than 89% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Holland's all-time total is 21x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Holland | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,835 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 550 | 21 | 19,840 |
Holland's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Holland's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 91% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 9%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1918, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 550, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Holland popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 550
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Holland popularity over time - boys
3,172 total births recorded since 1888 (Holland as boys' name)
Holland by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,934 births, 37% of the file).
2020s was Holland's strongest decade.
2,934 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Holland births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 42
1960s
42 births
- 1970s 105
1970s
105 births
- 1980s 403
1980s
403 births
- 1990s 627
1990s
627 births
- 2000s 1,112
2000s
1,112 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,602 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,934 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,934 births (37% of all-time use).
How Holland compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Holland's total volume
Holland by state
Where Holland concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 768 | 9.8% |
| #2 | California | | 747 | 9.5% |
| #3 | Utah | | 463 | 5.9% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 359 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 281 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 245 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 194 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Florida | | 194 | 2.5% |
768 of 7,835 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Holland appears in 39 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Holland's data
- Texas records the most Hollands (768 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Holland: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~107 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1918–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Holland draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.