Girls' name · since 1977
Hollyn
Hollyn has 2,090 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,574 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,313 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,090
- born since 1977
- 2020s
- peak decade
2,090 babies have been named Hollyn since 1977, making it today's #1313 girls' name.
Hollyn has 2,090 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1313 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #4,574 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,313 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,090 born since 1977
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hollyn ranks #4,574 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,313 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,090 born since 1977, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4,574 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,313 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,090
- born since 1977
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hollyn's 2,090 recorded births place it above 93.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
24 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Hollyn compares
2,090 Top 22% higher than 78% 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
Hollyn's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hollyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,090 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 170 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hollyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Hollyn's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 88% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 12%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 170, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Hollyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 170
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Hollyn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (932 births, 45% of the file).
2020s was Hollyn's strongest decade.
932 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Hollyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 44
1980s
44 births
- 1990s 139
1990s
139 births
- 2000s 260
2000s
260 births
- 2010s
2010s
710 births
- 2020s
2020s
932 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 932 births (45% of all-time use).
How Hollyn 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 Hollyn's total volume
Hollyn by state
Where Hollyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 231 | 11.1% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 65 | 3.1% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 63 | 3.0% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 63 | 3.0% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 62 | 3.0% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 59 | 2.8% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 48 | 2.3% |
| #8 | Oklahoma | | 47 | 2.2% |
231 of 2,090 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Hollyn appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Hollyns (231 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Hollyn: 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 (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Hollyn 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.