Feminine dossier · first seen 1893

Holly

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Holly
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1983

Peak rank proxy

6,388

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1893Peak 19832024

Peak year

1983

Decline from peak

88.4%

2024

739

All-time

204,548

Holly has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1983, when 6,388 girls were named Holly.

In 2024, only 739 girls were given the name.

Down 88.4% from its peak.

All told, about 204,548 Americans have been named Holly and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1893.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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