Holland
Top 1000
About Holland
Holland is one of the coolest geographical names, unadorned and elegant, evocative of fine Rembrandt portraits and fields of pink and yellow tulips. It first entered the US Top 1000 for girls in 2014, but fell out of the Top 1000 for boys a century earlier.
Holland Taylor is the Emmy award-winning actress most recognized for her work on Two and a Half Men; she wrote and appeared in a one-woman play on Broadway.
Holland, like most place names, is theoretically gender-neutral, but it's one of those names that has reversed its gender identity, going from all-male a century ago to nearly equal in 1980 to about 85 percent female today, with five baby girls named Holland for every boy.
Pronounced HAHL-and.
As of October 2026, Holland ranked #550 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #530.
Editor's take: The name Holland is a girl's name of Dutch origin meaning "wooded land".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #894 | 304 | 170.2 |
| 2015 | #838 | 334 | 187.1 |
| 2016 | #878 | 320 | 180.6 |
| 2017 | #956 | 277 | 160.4 |
| 2018 | #839 | 323 | 189.9 |
| 2019 | #742 | 382 | 227.6 |
| 2020 | #708 | 396 | 245 |
| 2021 | #644 | 462 | 281.6 |
| 2022 | #591 | 506 | 308.5 |
| 2023 | #571 | 520 | 324.1 |
| 2024 | #602 | 498 | 307.4 |
| 2025 | #550 | 550 | 342.2 |
World rankings
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Holland on lists
Famous Hollands
- Holland Marie Roden
American actress
- Holland Virginia Taylor
American actress
- Holland Marysia Walker Hartington
daughter of TV host Courtney Hansen & Jay Hartington
- Holland Carlson
daughter of TV personalities Chris and Miranda Carlson of "Pretty Wicked Moms"
- Holland Rose Madeleine Gentry (b. 2016)
daughter of Erica Rose of "The Bachelor" and Galen Gentry
- Jeffrey R Holland
Apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Holland in pop culture
- "Holland Road
" a song by Mumford & Sons
- "Holland
1945" song by Neutral Milk Hotel
- Holland Jaeger
character in Julie Anne Peter's YA novel "Keeping You A Secret"