Unisex name · since 1928
Hollister
107 babies named Hollister in U.S. Social Security records since 1928, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,972 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 107
- born since 1928
- 2010s
- peak decade
107 boys have been named Hollister since 1928, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Hollister has 107 recorded births among boys since 1928, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1928 to 2024.
- #16,972 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 107 born since 1928
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hollister ranks #16,972 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 107 born since 1928, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,972 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 107
- born since 1928
- 2010s
- peak decade
Hollister's 107 recorded births place it above 62.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Hollister's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Hollister's full recorded timeline at 2011, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1928, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Hollister popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1928–2024
- Peak year (2011)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 97 years of records
Hollister popularity over time - girls
25 total births recorded since 1954 (Hollister as girls' name)
Hollister by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (63 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Hollister's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Hollister births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
29 births
- 2010s
2010s
63 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 63 births (59% of all-time use).
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What to do with Hollister's data
- Hollister's decade-level peak was the 2010s (63 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hollister: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~96 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, 1928–2024 (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 Hollister 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.