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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 69,147 of them was named Hollis, which outranked 69.2% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,903Wesley23
- #2,903Yolande23
- #2,903Yolunda23
- #2,976Hollis22
- #2,976Alda22
- #2,976Alise22
- #2,976Amberly22
- #3,062Agatha21
- #3,062Aime21
- #3,062Alene21
Tied with 85 names at #2,976; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 23,502 of them was named Hollis, which outranked 83.0% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).