Holly — #419 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Holly

The Social Security Administration has registered 204,548 babies named Holly between 1893 and 2024, spanning 132 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Holly currently holds the #419 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 6,388 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Holly performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 50,464 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Holly shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16,718 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Holly in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Holly in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 204,548 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.