NameTides

Holly

Holly was the #416 girls' name in the US in 2025 (751 babies), and #169 in England & Wales and #320 in Canada.

Holly as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Holly as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Holly as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#416 (751)#169 (285)#77 (54)#87 (24)#69 (77)#320 (98)——
2024#420 (745)#137 (367)#79 (52)#105 (19)#39 (115)#348 (86)——
2023#453 (682)#135 (370)#64 (65)#88 (24)#40 (120)#343 (86)——
2022#457 (693)#108 (463)#48 (92)#93 (23)#42 (129)#325 (90)——
2021#465 (673)#95 (568)#53 (85)#108 (21)#31 (160)#269 (119)——
2020#479 (639)#81 (646)#47 (88)#69 (31)#28 (156)#249 (119)——
2019#483 (651)#72 (772)#40 (104)#52 (43)#21 (213)#306 (103)—#81 (76)
2018#512 (608)#56 (957)#32 (127)#34 (63)#23 (196)#324 (102)——
2017#493 (634)#56 (1,003)#31 (140)#38 (53)#27 (195)#228 (135)—#86 (65)
2016#527 (589)#52 (1,098)#31 (132)#44 (51)#23 (239)#300 (111)—#86 (63)
2015#491 (653)#44 (1,248)#31 (157)#38 (58)#28 (208)#270 (121)#98 (76)#56 (78)
2014#448 (714)#39 (1,362)#23 (208)#30 (82)#21 (266)#243 (137)#67 (106)#53 (86)
2013#450 (683)#33 (1,546)#21 (209)#28 (85)#24 (245)#307 (107)#73 (101)#53 (93)
2012#425 (740)#25 (1,937)#18 (248)#27 (88)#19 (312)#271 (122)#52 (132)#61 (82)
2011#420 (738)#26 (1,971)#15 (263)#27 (91)#23 (297)#240 (136)#42 (161)#33 (125)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1983 at #48.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1893.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 890common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 330common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 300common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 270common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Holly is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 2,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Holly by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #310WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #236NHWashington: #286WAIdaho: #193IDMontana: #208MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #232MNIllinois: #384ILMichigan: #484MINew York: #567NYMassachusetts: #313MAOregon: #483ORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #292INOhio: #514OHPennsylvania: #515PANew Jersey: #470NJConnecticut: #268CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #448CAUtah: #310UTColorado: #277CONebraska: #296NEMissouri: #311MOKentucky: #331KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #309VAMaryland: #600MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #330AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #256KSArkansas: #301ARTennessee: #315TNNorth Carolina: #453NCSouth Carolina: #294SCDistrict of Columbia: #150DCOklahoma: #398OKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #633ALGeorgia: #509GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #511TXFlorida: #583FL
Holly (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#37234

Holly (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HollyCanadaGirls#32098
HollyEngland & WalesGirls#169285
Holly-England & WalesGirls—too few
HollyIrelandGirls#6977
HollyNorthern IrelandGirls#8724
HollyNSWGirls—too few
HollyScotlandGirls#7754
HollyUSGirls#416751
HollyUSBoys—too few
HollyVICGirls—too few