Hollis
#1,132 for girls in 2025, 206 births · #893 for boys in 2025, 266 births
Given to boys 74.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1908 · 56 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 16,014since 1880
Hollis over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #1,132 | 206 | #893 | 266 |
| 2024 | #1,237 | 189 | #1,055 | 208 |
| 2023 | #1,387 | 162 | #1,000 | 220 |
| 2022 | #1,621 | 130 | #1,042 | 212 |
| 2021 | #1,334 | 167 | #1,064 | 201 |
| 2020 | #1,468 | 146 | #1,017 | 204 |
| 2019 | #1,655 | 127 | #1,094 | 182 |
| 2018 | #1,692 | 122 | #1,255 | 147 |
| 2017 | #1,465 | 153 | #1,064 | 186 |
| 2016 | #1,667 | 128 | #1,413 | 124 |
| 2015 | #1,908 | 106 | #1,100 | 176 |
| 2014 | #1,794 | 114 | #1,362 | 125 |
| 2013 | #1,990 | 98 | #1,345 | 126 |
| 2012 | #2,734 | 64 | #1,466 | 110 |
| 2011 | #2,868 | 60 | #1,544 | 102 |
| 2010 | #3,306 | 49 | #1,739 | 87 |
| 2009 | #3,944 | 39 | #1,889 | 76 |
| 2008 | #3,377 | 49 | #1,948 | 73 |
| 2007 | #3,848 | 41 | #2,071 | 66 |
| 2006 | #3,919 | 38 | #2,205 | 58 |
| 2005 | #4,487 | 30 | #2,846 | 37 |
| 2004 | #4,949 | 26 | #2,953 | 34 |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 | #2,128 | 52 |
| 2002 | #4,498 | 27 | #2,428 | 41 |
| 2001 | #4,447 | 27 | #2,618 | 36 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 | #2,864 | 31 |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 | #1,749 | 58 |
| 1998 | #3,914 | 29 | #2,199 | 41 |
| 1997 | #3,547 | 32 | #2,396 | 34 |
| 1996 | #4,583 | 22 | #2,115 | 40 |
| 1995 | #4,217 | 24 | #1,887 | 45 |
| 1994 | #4,376 | 23 | #2,259 | 35 |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 | #1,875 | 44 |
| 1992 | #3,144 | 36 | #1,677 | 51 |
| 1991 | #3,722 | 28 | #1,589 | 53 |
| 1990 | #2,600 | 45 | #1,780 | 44 |
| 1989 | #2,810 | 39 | #1,831 | 41 |
| 1988 | #3,225 | 30 | #1,671 | 42 |
| 1987 | #3,331 | 27 | #1,534 | 46 |
| 1986 | #3,554 | 24 | #1,873 | 32 |
| 1985 | #3,084 | 29 | #1,333 | 52 |
| 1984 | #2,625 | 35 | #1,399 | 46 |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 | #1,275 | 52 |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | #1,320 | 50 |
| 1981 | #3,340 | 25 | #1,396 | 46 |
| 1980 | #3,411 | 24 | #1,145 | 63 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 | #1,137 | 62 |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 | #1,066 | 66 |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 | #1,036 | 69 |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 | #1,042 | 64 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 | #1,280 | 45 |
| 1974 | #3,212 | 21 | #953 | 73 |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 | #1,014 | 63 |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 | #976 | 69 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | #904 | 81 |
| 1970 | #2,522 | 29 | #905 | 78 |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 | #880 | 75 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 | #794 | 87 |
| 1967 | #2,117 | 31 | #875 | 67 |
| 1966 | #2,094 | 31 | #785 | 85 |
| 1965 | #2,345 | 26 | #803 | 86 |
| 1964 | #2,040 | 34 | #772 | 96 |
| 1963 | #1,683 | 46 | #838 | 82 |
| 1962 | #1,732 | 43 | #770 | 98 |
| 1961 | #2,036 | 33 | #744 | 107 |
| 1960 | #1,501 | 54 | #695 | 128 |
| 1959 | #1,617 | 45 | #686 | 123 |
| 1958 | #1,240 | 73 | #613 | 157 |
| 1957 | #1,211 | 76 | #681 | 125 |
| 1956 | #1,007 | 103 | #635 | 143 |
| 1955 | #938 | 110 | #580 | 161 |
| 1954 | #852 | 123 | #520 | 196 |
| 1953 | #772 | 141 | #586 | 151 |
| 1952 | #819 | 124 | #576 | 146 |
| 1951 | #871 | 106 | #555 | 151 |
| 1950 | #1,090 | 71 | #563 | 144 |
| 1949 | #992 | 82 | #522 | 164 |
| 1948 | #885 | 96 | #536 | 153 |
| 1947 | #1,150 | 61 | #477 | 196 |
| 1946 | #1,078 | 62 | #452 | 196 |
| 1945 | #1,232 | 42 | #459 | 167 |
| 1944 | #1,017 | 59 | #474 | 164 |
| 1943 | #1,527 | 30 | #435 | 207 |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 | #464 | 179 |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 | #431 | 184 |
| 1940 | #1,900 | 18 | #409 | 198 |
| 1939 | #1,947 | 17 | #409 | 196 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | #436 | 174 |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 | #401 | 194 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 | #418 | 176 |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 | #401 | 186 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | #367 | 221 |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 | #350 | 236 |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 | #374 | 223 |
| 1931 | #2,024 | 16 | #360 | 241 |
| 1930 | #1,703 | 22 | #340 | 268 |
| 1929 | #1,953 | 18 | #376 | 234 |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 | #362 | 256 |
| 1927 | #1,771 | 23 | #366 | 254 |
| 1926 | #2,474 | 14 | #350 | 275 |
| 1925 | #1,847 | 22 | #376 | 251 |
| 1924 | #2,137 | 18 | #341 | 292 |
| 1923 | #1,840 | 22 | #372 | 258 |
| 1922 | #1,730 | 24 | #360 | 274 |
| 1921 | #1,222 | 40 | #343 | 294 |
| 1920 | #1,889 | 21 | #361 | 273 |
| 1919 | #1,649 | 24 | #366 | 249 |
| 1918 | #1,690 | 23 | #361 | 263 |
| 1917 | #1,470 | 26 | #377 | 223 |
| 1916 | #1,867 | 18 | #384 | 207 |
| 1915 | #1,439 | 25 | #361 | 220 |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 | #376 | 159 |
| 1913 | #1,528 | 15 | #352 | 138 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 | #359 | 114 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 | #355 | 60 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | #383 | 46 |
| 1909 | #1,290 | 11 | #371 | 41 |
| 1908 | #1,044 | 15 | #290 | 56 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | #366 | 37 |
| 1906 | — | #394 | 30 | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | #430 | 25 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | #390 | 28 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | #370 | 27 |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 | #380 | 27 |
| 1901 | — | #383 | 24 | |
| 1900 | — | #375 | 35 | |
| 1899 | — | #502 | 15 | |
| 1898 | — | #452 | 20 | |
| 1897 | — | #459 | 18 | |
| 1896 | — | #674 | 11 | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | #390 | 24 |
| 1894 | — | #594 | 12 | |
| 1893 | — | #459 | 16 | |
| 1892 | — | #547 | 14 | |
| 1891 | — | #476 | 14 | |
| 1890 | — | #629 | 10 | |
| 1889 | — | #628 | 10 | |
| 1888 | — | #580 | 12 | |
| 1887 | — | #516 | 12 | |
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #527 | 12 | |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Hollis was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
See more about Hollis
- 162 spots since 2024 (#1,055 → #893)
- 124 spots since 2020 (#1,017 → #893)
- 207 spots since 2015 (#1,100 → #893)
- Biggest jump: 215 spots in 1897 (#674 → #459)
- Biggest drop: 327 spots in 1975 (#953 → #1,280)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1908 at #290 (56 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 96 yrs · run 1880–1972
- Highest: 1 in 2,756 boys born in 1908 were named Hollis (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,421 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 16.6% of all boys named Hollis (2,661) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2016, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 94 | #516 (1887) | #645 |
| 1890s | 154 | #390 (1895) | #518 |
| 1900s | 330 | #290 (1908) | #375 |
| 1910s | 1,679 | #352 (1913) | #367 |
| 1920s | 2,661 | #341 (1924) | #361 |
| 1930s | 2,115 | #340 (1930) | #386 |
| 1940s | 1,808 | #409 (1940) | #466 |
| 1950s | 1,497 | #520 (1954) | #600 |
| 1960s | 911 | #695 (1960) | #796 |
| 1970s | 670 | #904 (1971) | #1,031 |
| 1980s | 470 | #1,145 (1980) | #1,478 |
| 1990s | 445 | #1,589 (1991) | #1,953 |
| 2000s | 504 | #1,889 (2009) | #2,395 |
| 2010s | 1,365 | #1,064 (2017) | #1,338 |
| 2020s | 1,311 | #893 (2025) | #1,012 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Hollis in 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 78,818 of them was named Hollis, which outranked 55.5% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,113Wilene15
- #2,113Zada15
- #2,113Zana15
- #2,225Hollis14
- #2,225Adelene14
- #2,225Afton14
- #2,225Aldean14
- #2,340Adel13
- #2,340Alethea13
- #2,340Alla13
Tied with 114 names at #2,225; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 6,374 of them was named Hollis, which outranked 89.2% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).