Holley
#3,712 for girls in 2025, 40 births · Last seen for boys in 1974 at #3,837
Given to girls 95.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 105 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,486since 1937
Holley over time
Rank among girls' names. Holley has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,712 | 40 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,294 | 33 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,525 | 44 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,827 | 39 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,339 | 47 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,281 | 47 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,499 | 44 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,346 | 47 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,697 | 41 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,588 | 43 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,299 | 49 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,184 | 51 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,314 | 48 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,169 | 52 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,452 | 46 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,689 | 42 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,672 | 68 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,584 | 45 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,023 | 58 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,669 | 42 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,730 | 39 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,679 | 61 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,638 | 60 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,605 | 59 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,411 | 65 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,426 | 63 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,893 | 83 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,307 | 61 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,983 | 72 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,780 | 83 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,863 | 75 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,209 | 60 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,045 | 67 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,643 | 92 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,996 | 69 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,828 | 78 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,615 | 86 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,454 | 94 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,381 | 98 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,526 | 80 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,287 | 104 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,205 | 108 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,346 | 89 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,436 | 84 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,396 | 88 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,373 | 91 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,420 | 86 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,307 | 92 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,331 | 86 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,355 | 79 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,342 | 80 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,107 | 105 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #1,276 | 81 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,473 | 65 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,266 | 87 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,270 | 86 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,499 | 62 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,749 | 45 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,947 | 36 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,632 | 47 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,801 | 40 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,836 | 41 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #1,754 | 43 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,031 | 33 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,608 | 22 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,196 | 28 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #2,339 | 24 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #1,820 | 36 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,728 | 39 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #2,058 | 28 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,978 | 29 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #2,240 | 23 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | — | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #3,252 | 6 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,004 | 7 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #3,139 | 8 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,408 | 7 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,822 | 10 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,446 | 12 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,517 | 7 | |
| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Holley! It came in at #3,800, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1938–1941, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Holley
- 582 spots since 2024 (#4,294 → #3,712)
- 431 spots since 2020 (#3,281 → #3,712)
- 413 spots since 2015 (#3,299 → #3,712)
- Debuted 1937
- Peaked 1974 at #1,107 (105 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 31 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 13,977 girls born in 1974 were named Holley (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 40,182 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.6% of all girls named Holley (922) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 6 | #3,800 (1937) | #3,800 |
| 1940s | 72 | #2,558 (1943) | #3,514 |
| 1950s | 229 | #1,728 (1957) | #2,451 |
| 1960s | 397 | #1,499 (1969) | #1,905 |
| 1970s | 847 | #1,107 (1974) | #1,315 |
| 1980s | 922 | #1,205 (1984) | #1,402 |
| 1990s | 740 | #1,643 (1992) | #1,955 |
| 2000s | 560 | #2,411 (2001) | #2,944 |
| 2010s | 463 | #3,169 (2012) | #3,424 |
| 2020s | 250 | #3,281 (2020) | #3,663 |
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.
Holley in 1974
Top girls' names in 1974
Top boys' names in 1974
More about 1974
girls
1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 13,977 of them was named Holley, which outranked 89.2% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,094Verna106
- #1,094Vonda106
- #1,094Zoe106
- #1,107Holley105
- #1,107Corie105
- #1,107Danica105
- #1,107Demetra105
- #1,115Cathryn104
- #1,115Clare104
- #1,115Daniella104
Tied with 7 names at #1,107; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 196,542 of them was named Holley, which outranked 36.1% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,558Yvonne9
- #3,558Zedrick9
- #3,558Zeferino9
- #3,837Holley8
- #3,837Abdon8
- #3,837Agostino8
- #3,837Agron8
- #4,190Absalom7
- #4,190Adarryl7
- #4,190Adel7
Tied with 352 names at #3,837; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.