Holland

#549 for girls in 2025, 550 births · #1,366 for boys in 2025, 136 births
Given to girls 71.2% of the time

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Peak · girls
2025 · 550 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,835
since 1918

Holland over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #705, 1893girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#549550#1,366136
2024#602499#1,563111
2023#571520#1,567111
2022#591507#1,574112
2021#643462#1,78988
2020#707396#1,539107
2019#741382#2,02072
2018#839323#2,38555
2017#952277#2,49351
2016#876320#2,33556
2015#838334#2,48650
2014#893304#2,29957
2013#1,144210#2,66844
2012#1,334176#2,90540
2011#1,588137#3,99425
2010#1,574139#3,12836
2009#1,629137#3,91926
2008#1,685132#3,34433
2007#2,13494#3,37932
2006#1,597134#3,30632
2005#1,855104#3,44728
2004#1,99992#4,79317
2003#1,652116#5,27114
2002#1,750103#3,67023
2001#1,83396#3,72122
2000#1,689104#3,29925
1999#1,647101#3,70420
1998#1,86782#3,39022
1997#2,15864#3,87717
1996#2,28258#4,61313
1995#2,62347#4,28014
1994#2,50350#3,46919
1993#2,04567#3,81916
1992#2,27558#2,46729
1991#2,35654#3,32518
1990#2,57146#4,99310
1989#2,44247#4,01713
1988#2,64640#3,91512
1987#2,43442#2,21526
1986#2,34443#3,13115
1985#2,08251#3,40113
1984#2,85131#3,45912
1983#2,39839#3,07114
1982#1,87357#2,83116
1981#2,48838#2,08625
1980#4,74315#2,44420
1979#3,90319#2,46519
1978#6,9488#3,21512
1977#5,21312#2,13122
1976#4,90512#2,82614
1975#5,51610#2,45017
1974#4,72012#2,54915
1973#6,0808#3,01311
1972#5,4809#2,81912
1971#6,6197#2,68613
1970#5,8188#2,89111
1969#5,4568#2,68211
1968#6,2466#3,3657
1967#6,8045#3,5596
1966#6,5645#2,9868
1965#6,5395#2,08415
1964#5,0088#2,20514
1963#3,0448
1962#6,5785#2,36412
1961#2,14815
1960#1,85819
1959#3,6196
1958#1,89618
1957#1,95217
1956#2,01516
1955#2,13914
1954#1,82618
1953#1,70920
1952#2,25112
1951#1,59822
1950#5,3015#1,70119
1949#2,12313
1948#1,88116
1947#1,59922
1946#1,75917
1945#1,63317
1944#1,57419
1943#1,48622
1942#1,62919
1941#1,48521
1940#1,89414
1939#1,53219
1938#1,74116
1937#1,75616
1936#1,63917
1935#1,53820
1934#1,72517
1933#1,28127
1932#1,23630
1931#1,14535
1930#1,46325
1929#1,33928
1928#1,44826
1927#1,19836
1926#1,29631
1925#1,16437
1924#1,28732
1923#1,30031
1922#1,36729
1921#1,06943
1920#1,18037
1919#1,15936
1918#4,8095#1,53923
1917#1,15234
1916#1,30427
1915#1,24128
1914#1,26022
1913#1,9459
1912#97022
1911#89614
1910#1,5895
1909
1908#1,0218
1907#1,3455
1906
1905
1904#1,2055
1903#1,0096
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895#9786
1894
1893#7059
1892
1891
1890#9945
1889
1888#9176
1887
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1880
First appearance
1918

The first year at least five girls were named Holland! It came in at #4,809, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1918–1963, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Holland
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 53 spots since 2024 (#602#549)
  • 158 spots since 2020 (#707#549)
  • 289 spots since 2015 (#838#549)
  • Biggest jump: 251 spots in 2014 (#1,144#893)
  • Biggest drop: 76 spots in 2017 (#876#952)
Rise & fade · girls
107 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 2025 at #549 (550 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 2014–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,922
  • Highest: 1 in 2,922 girls born in 2025 were named Holland (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 37.4% of all girls named Holland (2,934) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1981
  • Mostly boys until 1980, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,809 (1918)#4,809
1920s0
1930s0
1940s0
1950s5#5,301 (1950)#5,301
1960s42#5,008 (1964)#6,171
1970s105#3,903 (1979)#5,520
1980s403#1,873 (1982)#2,630
1990s627#1,647 (1999)#2,233
2000s1,112#1,597 (2006)#1,782
2010s2,602#741 (2019)#1,078
2020s2,934#549 (2025)#611

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Holland in 1918

girls
#4,809
5 births · 1 in 231,526 girls
boys
#1,539
23 births · 1 in 44,064 boys

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #4,809Holland5

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #1,539Holland23
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 231,526 of them was named Holland, which outranked 13.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Holland
  1. #4,291Zonie6
  2. #4,291Zoraida6
  3. #4,291Zylpha6
  4. #4,809Holland5
  5. #4,809Abie5
  6. #4,809Adalee5
  7. #4,809Addis5

Tied with 776 names at #4,809; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 547Jesse#1,507#960
  2. 494Liberty#1,079#585
  3. 389Marilynn#1,337#948
  4. 312Margueritte#1,281#969
  5. 306Syble#807#501
Fallers
  1. 447Valentine#964#1,411
  2. 428Ottie#952#1,380
  3. 354Delora#923#1,277
  4. 318Georgene#896#1,214
  5. 299Clifford#904#1,203

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 44,064 of them was named Holland, which outranked 68.0% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Holland
  1. #1,499Vinton24
  2. #1,499Westley24
  3. #1,499Zeno24
  4. #1,539Holland23
  5. #1,539Alfons23
  6. #1,539Amil23
  7. #1,539Amon23
  8. #1,596Albertus22
  9. #1,596Alston22
  10. #1,596Alvaro22

Tied with 56 names at #1,539; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 600Quinton#1,092#492
  2. 542Pershing#876#334
  3. 480Quentin#723#243
  4. 440Issac#1,264#824
  5. 339Furman#1,092#753
Fallers
  1. 473Bernhard#900#1,373
  2. 424Edson#919#1,343
  3. 394Gasper#919#1,313
  4. 352Berton#934#1,286
  5. 346Ishmael#997#1,343

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1918