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Holley

Holley was most popular in 1984, when 108 girls got the name. In 2025 it ranked number 3,737 for girls.

4,690babies since 1880
1984most popular year
#1,110best rank, 1974
#3,737rank in 2025

Babies named Holley each year in the US

Girls Boys

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DecadeGirlsBoys
1910s026
1920s061
1930s619
1940s7241
1950s22939
1960s39710
1970s8478
1980s9220
1990s7400
2000s5600
2010s4630
2020s2500

Holley in other countries

Out of every 10,000 girls born each year, how many were named Holley.

US England and Wales

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CountryTop yearAt peak2025 rank
US 1984 1 in 15,591 #3,737
England and Wales 1985 1 in 15,679 n/a

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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