Hollie
Variant of Holly, taken from the evergreen shrub whose Old English name was holegn. The plant's link to Christmas helped turn it into a given name.
Hollie in 2025
Hollie was given to 60 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 4,983rd most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 55,256 babies born.
The history of Hollie
Hollie reached its highest point in 1983, when 662 babies were given the name, ranking 650th that year.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 19,906 babies have been named Hollie. Half of them were born before 1981, which places the name's centre of gravity with Millennials.
Hollie by decade
| Decade | Babies named Hollie | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 72 | 1,145 |
| 1890s | 91 | 1,330 |
| 1900s | 112 | 1,212 |
| 1910s | 389 | 1,197 |
| 1920s | 436 | 1,804 |
| 1930s | 348 | 1,908 |
| 1940s | 431 | 2,004 |
| 1950s | 853 | 1,587 |
| 1960s | 1,463 | 1,074 |
| 1970s | 4,900 | 656 |
| 1980s | 5,203 | 650 |
| 1990s | 2,884 | 1,080 |
| 2000s | 1,396 | 1,926 |
| 2010s | 922 | 2,847 |
| 2020s | 406 | 4,155 |
Where Hollie is heading
Hollie has fallen 29% over the past decade, from 85 babies in 2015 to 60 in 2025.
Names like Hollie
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Hollie.