Holiday
2025 SSA
About Holiday
A fun and confident choice, Holiday is a celebratory name, particularly associated with Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hannukah, and New Year, and with rest, leisure, and vacations more generally. Fitting for a winter baby, but totally sunny too, it comes from the Old English hāligdæg meaning "holy day" as it was originally used to mark religious festivals and celebrations.
A quietly used option since the 50s, jazz singer Billie Holiday lends the name an element of glamor too, while familiar nickname Holly keeps it grounded. In a recent count, just 21 girls were called Holiday in the US, making this a rare choice that doesn't sound too out there.
Pronounced HAH-luh-day.
As of October 2026, Holiday ranked #9089 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #3888 in 1955.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Holiday on lists
Famous Holidays
- Holiday Reinhorn
American short,story writer
- Holiday Mathis
American astrologist
- Holiday Sidewinder (Carmen
Sparks), Australian singer,songwriter of band Bridezilla
- Holiday Kriegel
daughter of TV sportscaster Mark Kriegel
- Holiday Grace Perrineau (b. 2013)
daughter of actor Harold Perrineau
- Billie Holiday
American jazz singer,songwriter
Holiday in pop culture
- Holiday "Holly" Golightly
main character in book/film "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
- Holly Holiday
character on TV's Glee
- "Holiday
" a song by punk band Green Day
- "Holidays in the Sun"
a song by punk band 'Sex Pistols'
- "Holiday
" song by Madonna
- Holiday Inn
hotel chain
- Holiday Anders
main protagonist of the podcast "Six Minutes"