Holly

Girl · recorded 1893–2025

  • #416in 2025
  • 1 in 2,140girls in 2025
  • +28%last ten years
  • 2.9×in Idaho

Most popular in 1983, and up 28% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1893

01,9123,82418931926195919922025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 125 recorded years as a table
Holly, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189338
189621
189730
189819
189921
190422
190634
190728
190830
191018
191122
191216
191318
191420
191518
191617
191718
191812
191911
192015
192112
192218
192314
192414
192515
192617
192721
192821
192920
193022
193126
193230
193325
193427
193542
193647
193745
193860
193964
194065
1941111
1942170
1943228
1944230
1945292
1946323
1947399
1948396
1949369
1950487
1951594
1952710
1953832
19541,077
19551,281
19561,158
19571,171
19581,115
19591,132
19601,276
19611,276
19621,486
19631,626
19641,835
19651,903
19662,008
19671,910
19682,085
19692,444
19702,826
19712,853
19722,877
19733,507
19743,505
19753,462
19763,531
19773,563
19783,246
19793,419
19803,181
19812,736
19822,765
19833,824
19843,521
19853,255
19862,820
19872,450
19882,368
19892,112
19901,987
19911,754
19921,815
19931,676
19941,637
19951,447
19961,391
19971,181
19981,087
1999986
2000931
2001812
2002759
2003672
2004609
2005563
2006502
2007508
2008480
2009467
2010436
2011420
2012420
2013389
2014400
2015366
2016332
2017367
2018357
2019388
2020395
2021410
2022423
2023425
2024460
2025467

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Idaho 2.9×
  2. Connecticut 2.1×
  3. Kansas 2.1×
  4. Washington 1.9×
  5. Colorado 1.9×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
751
Rank in 2025
#416
How rare
1 in 2,140 girls
Since 1893
205,304

Most popular in 1983, at 3,824 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 28% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Idaho2.9×27
Connecticut2.1×33
Kansas2.1×32
Washington1.9×75
Colorado1.9×58

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.