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 | — | — | ||
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| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
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| 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.
Where Holley is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#507 · 1 in 3,583
- Alabama#567 · 1 in 4,350
- Florida#842 · 1 in 7,337
- Ohio#1,005 · 1 in 13,791
- Texas#1,048 · 1 in 10,339
Best ever in a state: #320 in Alabama, 1984.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #507 | 9 | 1 in 3,583 |
| Alabama | #567 | 5 | 1 in 4,350 |
| Florida | #842 | 6 | 1 in 7,337 |
| Ohio | #1,005 | 5 | 1 in 13,791 |
| Texas | #1,048 | 10 | 1 in 10,339 |
| California | #1,356 | 10 | 1 in 15,333 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
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1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 16,651 of them was named Holley, which outranked 88.6% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,299Nanette93
- #1,299Roxana93
- #1,299Saundra93
- #1,307Holley92
- #1,307Fabiola92
- #1,307Kristan92
- #1,307Marni92
- #1,314Bessie91
- #1,314Caron91
- #1,314Chaya91
Tied with 6 names at #1,307; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.