Holly
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Holly
Holly ranks just in British Top 50, but it's been out of favor here since the 1970s Era of Nickname Names. Still, the name may be on her way back as a rejuvenated nature pick.
Holly for girls#416 US
Jolly Holly has always been among the favorite names for Christmas babies, evoking the symbolic shrub with dark green leaves and bright red berries. And Holly is the flower for the month of December, so it's also among the perfect names for December babies.
A memorable fictional Holly is the enigmatic heroine of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's, Holly Golightly (almost named Connie, and with the full name Holiday), played indelibly by Audrey Hepburn. A real life one is actress Holly Hunter. Holly Short is a fairy character in Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl novels. And in Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga, Holly and Jolly are siblings.
Holly for boys
Jolly Holly has always been among the favorite names for Christmas babies, evoking the symbolic shrub with dark green leaves and bright red berries. And Holly is the flower for the month of December, so it's also among the perfect names for December babies. Holly is scarcely heard on baby boys, but Robin Tunney and Nicky Marmet used it as the middle name for their son Oscar.
Pronounced HAH-lee.
As of October 2026, Holly ranked #416 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #48 in 1983, Nameberry popularity #245.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #448 | 714 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #491 | 653 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #527 | 589 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #493 | 634 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #513 | 608 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #482 | 651 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #479 | 638 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #467 | 672 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #458 | 692 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #451 | 682 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #419 | 739 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #416 | 751 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Holly on lists
Famous Hollys
- Holly FrazierGirl
American reality TV personality ("Dance Moms")
- Holly Marie WilloughbyGirl
English TV presenter
- Holly Marie CombsGirl
American actress
- Holly Elizabeth Robinson PeeteGirl
American actress
- Holly HunterGirl
American actress
- Holly WalshGirl
English comedienne and writer
- Holly Sue MadisonGirl
American reality TV star, model and ex,girlfriend of Hugh Hefner
- Holly Victoria HaganGirl
English reality TV personality ("Geordie Shore")
- Holly RoweGirl
American sportscaster
- Holly DunnGirl
American country music singer
- Holly ColeGirl
Canadian jazz singer
- Holly BlackGirl
American novelist
- Holly Anna Ramsay (b. 2000)Girl
daughter of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay
- Holly WoodlawnGirl
American actress and Warhol Superstar
- Holly Hallstrom Girl
American TV game show host/assistant
- Buddy HollyBoy
American musician and singer,songwriter who was a central and pioneering figure of mid,1950s rock and roll.
Holly in pop culture
- Holly GolightlyGirl
character in book/movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
- Holly HolidayGirl
character on TV's "Glee"
- "Holly NatherGirl
" novel by Sara Daniell and its main character
- Holly HillsGirl
character in the 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' series
- Holly J SinclairGirl
character on TV's "Degrassi: The Next Generation"
- Holly StewartGirl
character on TV's 'Rookie Blue'
- Holly Genero McClaneGirl
character in the Die Hard movie series
- Holly ShortGirl
character from the Artemis Fowl series
- Holly WhiteGirl
baby character on TV's "Breaking Bad"
- Holly HerkimerGirl
from the TV series "Shameless"
- Holly HamiltonGirl
main character from movie "The Perfect Man"
- Princess HollyGirl
from TV series "Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom"
- Holly TylerGirl
character on TV series "What I Like About You"
- Holly MartenGirl
character on TV's 'Eureka'
- Hollis Partridge "Holly" FlaxGirl
character on TV's "The Office"
- Holly KennedyGirl
character in "P.S. I Love You"
- Holly AltoGirl
character in "The Sims 3" computer game
- HollywoodGirl
California, USA
- Holly WhyteGirl
character in video game "Bravely Default"
- Holly WheelerGirl
character in Stranger Things
- HollyGirl
girlfriend of Jackson Meyer in YA novel "Tempest"
- Holly HobbieGirl
American writer and illustrator and the name of a fictional character and doll based on her
- Holly (sometimes spelled "Holy") Joestar KujoGirl
character in the manga/anime "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure"
- Holly O'HairGirl
youngest twin princess daughter of Rapunzel in "Ever After High"
- HollyGirl
character in movie "Reality High"
- Holly MunroGirl
Character in Jonathan Stroud's Lockwood & Co. series