Hollye — girls' name
445 babies named Hollye in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Hollye was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Hollye in 1984 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hollye
The Social Security Administration has registered 445 babies named Hollye between 1954 and 2007, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hollye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hollye performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 131 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Hollye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hollye in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hollye 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 445 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.
Hollye at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hollye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1954
- Peak year (1984)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
445 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1984 with 19 births in a single year.
Hollye by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 131 births that decade — 29% of Hollye's all-time total
Hollye decade highlights
- Peak decade 131 births
- Runner-up 123 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Hollye's strongest decade
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Hollye by state
Where Hollye concentrates geographically — total births since 1954
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 17 | 3.8% |
17 of 445 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1954–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.