Meaning
We don’t have a verified meaning for Holly.
We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.
Its story
Popularity since 1880
Hover over or drag across the chart to see any year.
See the 97 recorded years as a table
| Year | Per million |
|---|---|
| 1880 | 45 |
| 1885 | 56 |
| 1888 | 66 |
| 1892 | 49 |
| 1894 | 69 |
| 1896 | 50 |
| 1900 | 53 |
| 1905 | 38 |
| 1908 | 45 |
| 1909 | 37 |
| 1911 | 27 |
| 1912 | 26 |
| 1913 | 31 |
| 1914 | 27 |
| 1915 | 19 |
| 1916 | 18 |
| 1917 | 23 |
| 1918 | 32 |
| 1919 | 17 |
| 1920 | 23 |
| 1921 | 21 |
| 1922 | 17 |
| 1923 | 23 |
| 1924 | 25 |
| 1925 | 22 |
| 1926 | 15 |
| 1927 | 19 |
| 1928 | 13 |
| 1929 | 19 |
| 1930 | 20 |
| 1931 | 10 |
| 1932 | 19 |
| 1933 | 17 |
| 1934 | 15 |
| 1935 | 10 |
| 1936 | 12 |
| 1937 | 13 |
| 1938 | 11 |
| 1939 | 16 |
| 1940 | 13 |
| 1941 | 14 |
| 1942 | 9 |
| 1943 | 13 |
| 1944 | 9 |
| 1945 | 10 |
| 1946 | 13 |
| 1947 | 12 |
| 1948 | 11 |
| 1949 | 7 |
| 1950 | 10 |
| 1951 | 10 |
| 1952 | 9 |
| 1953 | 8 |
| 1954 | 7 |
| 1955 | 7 |
| 1956 | 12 |
| 1957 | 8 |
| 1958 | 9 |
| 1959 | 9 |
| 1960 | 8 |
| 1961 | 5 |
| 1962 | 5 |
| 1963 | 7 |
| 1964 | 9 |
| 1965 | 8 |
| 1966 | 8 |
| 1967 | 13 |
| 1968 | 10 |
| 1969 | 7 |
| 1970 | 7 |
| 1971 | 10 |
| 1972 | 12 |
| 1973 | 17 |
| 1974 | 14 |
| 1975 | 6 |
| 1976 | 13 |
| 1977 | 12 |
| 1978 | 14 |
| 1979 | 12 |
| 1980 | 13 |
| 1981 | 16 |
| 1982 | 9 |
| 1983 | 15 |
| 1984 | 9 |
| 1985 | 14 |
| 1986 | 16 |
| 1987 | 9 |
| 1988 | 9 |
| 1989 | 9 |
| 1990 | 2 |
| 1991 | 3 |
| 1992 | 4 |
| 1993 | 3 |
| 1994 | 4 |
| 1997 | 3 |
| 1998 | 3 |
| 2004 | 4 |
Where it’s loved
Most popular in these states
Holly isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.
More like it
More like Holly
The numbers
Every figure
- Births in 2004
- 8
- Rank in 2004
- #8,143
- How rare
- 1 in 248,122 boys
- Since 1880
- 1,541
Holly was last recorded in 2004. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.
Most popular in 1894, at 69 per million boys born.
There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Holly doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.
Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.