Girls' name · since 1946
Holliday
Holliday has 121 recorded births since 1946 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,019 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,934 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 121
- born since 1946
- 2010s
- peak decade
121 babies have been named Holliday since 1946, making it today's #8934 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Holliday recorded 121 times among girls since 1946, holding rank #8934 nationally today, ahead of 48% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 2025.
- #25,019 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,934 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 121 born since 1946
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Holliday ranks #25,019 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,934 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 121 born since 1946, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,019 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,934 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 121
- born since 1946
- 2010s
- peak decade
Holliday's 121 recorded births place it above 65.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Holliday compares
121 28th percentile among 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
Holliday's all-time total is 68% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Holliday | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 121 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Holliday's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Holliday's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1946, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Holliday popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 80 years of records
Holliday by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (48 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Holliday's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Holliday births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
48 births
- 2020s
2020s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 48 births (40% of all-time use).
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What to do with Holliday's data
- Holliday's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (48 total births) through the 2020s (42) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Holliday: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~79 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, 1946–2025 (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 Holliday 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.