Hollis

#1,132 for girls in 2025, 206 births · #893 for boys in 2025, 266 births
Given to boys 74.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1908 · 56 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
16,014
since 1880

Hollis over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #772, 1953peak #290, 1908girlsboys
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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#1,132206#893266
2024#1,237189#1,055208
2023#1,387162#1,000220
2022#1,621130#1,042212
2021#1,334167#1,064201
2020#1,468146#1,017204
2019#1,655127#1,094182
2018#1,692122#1,255147
2017#1,465153#1,064186
2016#1,667128#1,413124
2015#1,908106#1,100176
2014#1,794114#1,362125
2013#1,99098#1,345126
2012#2,73464#1,466110
2011#2,86860#1,544102
2010#3,30649#1,73987
2009#3,94439#1,88976
2008#3,37749#1,94873
2007#3,84841#2,07166
2006#3,91938#2,20558
2005#4,48730#2,84637
2004#4,94926#2,95334
2003#5,23523#2,12852
2002#4,49827#2,42841
2001#4,44727#2,61836
2000#5,93718#2,86431
1999#5,21920#1,74958
1998#3,91429#2,19941
1997#3,54732#2,39634
1996#4,58322#2,11540
1995#4,21724#1,88745
1994#4,37623#2,25935
1993#4,39323#1,87544
1992#3,14436#1,67751
1991#3,72228#1,58953
1990#2,60045#1,78044
1989#2,81039#1,83141
1988#3,22530#1,67142
1987#3,33127#1,53446
1986#3,55424#1,87332
1985#3,08429#1,33352
1984#2,62535#1,39946
1983#3,15126#1,27552
1982#3,64722#1,32050
1981#3,34025#1,39646
1980#3,41124#1,14563
1979#4,05218#1,13762
1978#3,63720#1,06666
1977#3,61220#1,03669
1976#3,96316#1,04264
1975#3,63718#1,28045
1974#3,21221#95373
1973#3,23320#1,01463
1972#2,97622#97669
1971#3,78916#90481
1970#2,52229#90578
1969#2,91721#88075
1968#3,05718#79487
1967#2,11731#87567
1966#2,09431#78585
1965#2,34526#80386
1964#2,04034#77296
1963#1,68346#83882
1962#1,73243#77098
1961#2,03633#744107
1960#1,50154#695128
1959#1,61745#686123
1958#1,24073#613157
1957#1,21176#681125
1956#1,007103#635143
1955#938110#580161
1954#852123#520196
1953#772141#586151
1952#819124#576146
1951#871106#555151
1950#1,09071#563144
1949#99282#522164
1948#88596#536153
1947#1,15061#477196
1946#1,07862#452196
1945#1,23242#459167
1944#1,01759#474164
1943#1,52730#435207
1942#2,21416#464179
1941#2,09616#431184
1940#1,90018#409198
1939#1,94717#409196
1938#2,22514#436174
1937#1,91417#401194
1936#2,38612#418176
1935#2,43912#401186
1934#2,28913#367221
1933#2,16114#350236
1932#2,36513#374223
1931#2,02416#360241
1930#1,70322#340268
1929#1,95318#376234
1928#2,62312#362256
1927#1,77123#366254
1926#2,47414#350275
1925#1,84722#376251
1924#2,13718#341292
1923#1,84022#372258
1922#1,73024#360274
1921#1,22240#343294
1920#1,88921#361273
1919#1,64924#366249
1918#1,69023#361263
1917#1,47026#377223
1916#1,86718#384207
1915#1,43925#361220
1914#2,00912#376159
1913#1,52815#352138
1912#1,71911#359114
1911#1,45011#35560
1910#1,7738#38346
1909#1,29011#37141
1908#1,04415#29056
1907#1,3849#36637
1906#39430
1905#1,6966#43025
1904#1,4867#39028
1903#1,5926#37027
1902#1,3208#38027
1901#38324
1900#37535
1899#50215
1898#45220
1897#45918
1896#67411
1895#1,4266#39024
1894#59412
1893#45916
1892#54714
1891#47614
1890#62910
1889#62810
1888#58012
1887#51612
1886#6479
1885#6419
1884#61310
1883#52712
1882#6918
1881#8665
1880#7457
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1908 at #290 (56 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 96 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 96 yrs · run 1880–1972
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,756
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 16.6% of all boys named Hollis (2,661) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2017
  • Mostly girls until 2016, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s94#516 (1887)#645
1890s154#390 (1895)#518
1900s330#290 (1908)#375
1910s1,679#352 (1913)#367
1920s2,661#341 (1924)#361
1930s2,115#340 (1930)#386
1940s1,808#409 (1940)#466
1950s1,497#520 (1954)#600
1960s911#695 (1960)#796
1970s670#904 (1971)#1,031
1980s470#1,145 (1980)#1,478
1990s445#1,589 (1991)#1,953
2000s504#1,889 (2009)#2,395
2010s1,365#1,064 (2017)#1,338
2020s1,311#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 1975

girls
#3,637
18 births · 1 in 80,992 girls
boys
#1,280
45 births · 1 in 34,697 boys

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #3,637Hollis18

Top boys' names in 1975

  1. #1Michael68,418
  2. #2Jason52,159
  3. #3Christopher46,575
  4. #4James39,569
  5. #5David39,156
  6. #6Robert35,306
  7. #7John35,079
  8. #8Brian30,578
  9. #9Matthew28,527
  10. #10William25,561
  11. #1,280Hollis45
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 80,992 of them was named Hollis, which outranked 65.7% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hollis
  1. #3,514Trudie19
  2. #3,514Unborn19
  3. #3,514Victor19
  4. #3,637Hollis18
  5. #3,637Aleesha18
  6. #3,637Allana18
  7. #3,637Amal18
  8. #3,774Adelaide17
  9. #3,774Adrena17
  10. #3,774Alise17

Tied with 136 names at #3,637; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 1,732Pepper#2,683#951
  2. 1,666Mandie#2,396#730
  3. 1,140Tiana#1,772#632
  4. 779Lacy#1,486#707
  5. 719Lacey#1,284#565
Fallers
  1. 447Nia#672#1,119
  2. 429Alethea#716#1,145
  3. 404Cicely#608#1,012
  4. 307Elaina#994#1,301
  5. 303Cristin#938#1,241

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

boys

1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 34,697 of them was named Hollis, which outranked 79.8% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hollis
  1. #1,258Tammy46
  2. #1,258Thor46
  3. #1,258Tremaine46
  4. #1,280Hollis45
  5. #1,280Adolph45
  6. #1,280Amado45
  7. #1,280Amanda45
  8. #1,304Ambrose44
  9. #1,304Bjorn44
  10. #1,304Christen44

Tied with 23 names at #1,280; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 722Benjiman#1,692#970
  2. 702Marques#1,520#818
  3. 645Glendon#1,409#764
  4. 502Benji#1,124#622
  5. 471Regan#1,409#938
Fallers
  1. 905Toma#882#1,787
  2. 830Vashon#923#1,753
  3. 352Bruno#993#1,345
  4. 327Hollis#953#1,280
  5. 303Domenico#977#1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1975