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Holly
Rank in 2024
#420
Born in 2024
739
Peak year
1983 · #49
Origin
English
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 739 girls were named Holly, about 1 in every 2,183.
- It peaked in 1983 with 6,388 babies, ranked #49.
- It first shows up in the records in 1893.
- 204,548 girls have been named Holly since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Holly per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 1.0Boomers1946–64
- 2.9Gen X1965–80
- 2.3Millennials1981–96
- 0.7Gen Z1997–12
- 0.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 321 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 1,904 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Boomers: 35,844 babies, 1.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 73,199 babies, 2.87 per 1,000. Millennials: 65,720 babies, 2.33 per 1,000. Gen Z: 19,575 babies, 0.67 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 7,955 babies, 0.39 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
As an Irish surname, calque of mac cuilinn (“holly”) (see McCullen) and sometimes McQuillan. As an English surname, variant of Holley. As a Czech and Slovak surname, variant of Holý, Holy. Also as a locational English surname, from Old English hol leah (“wood, clearing, meadow”), compare Hollywood. Also as an English surname, short form of Holiday. Also as an English surname, after the holly tree. As a feminine given name popularized by Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's (especially the 1961 film adaptation starring Audrey Hepburn).
- A female given name from English.
- (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Holly, CC BY-SA 4.0.