Unisex name · since 1975
Holy
176 babies named Holy in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,119 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,619 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 176
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Holy is the #9619 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 176 recorded since 1975.
Social Security Administration records show Holy recorded 176 times among girls since 1975, holding rank #9619 nationally today, ahead of 44% 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 1975 to 2025.
- #21,119 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,619 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 176 born since 1975
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Holy ranks #21,119 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,619 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 176 born since 1975, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,119 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,619 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 176
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
Holy's 176 recorded births place it above 70.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Holy compares
176 34th 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
Holy's all-time total is 53% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Holy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 176 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Holy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Holy's full recorded timeline at 2016, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Holy popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Holy popularity over time - boys
22 total births recorded since 2015 (Holy as boys' name)
Holy by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (77 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Holy's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Holy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 14
1970s
14 births
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
77 births
- 2020s
2020s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 77 births (44% of all-time use).
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What to do with Holy's data
- Holy's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (77 total births) through the 2020s (55) -- 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 Holy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Holy 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.