Girls' name · peaked in 1977
Hollie name popularity since 1925
19,022 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Hollie (95.2% girls, 4.8% boys). Half of them were born in 1982 or earlier, so the typical Hollie is about 44 years old in 2026. Hollie peaked in 1977 as the #356 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 19,022
- Named Hollie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,834 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 95.2% girls
- 18,118 girls · 904 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 3.14× its national share
Peak year is the year Hollie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Hollie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1983. Measured as a share of all babies, Hollie peaked in 1977.
- Fastest rise: Between 1968 and 1973, Hollie became 3× more common, from 1 in 9,430 baby girls to 1 in 3,170.
- Steepest fall: Between 1993 and 1998, its share of baby girls fell by 44%, from 1 in 4,980 to 1 in 8,830.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Hollie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Hollie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Hollie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 77 | 139 | – |
| 1930s | 105 | 243 | #3,557 |
| 1940s | 238 | 193 | #2,014 |
| 1950s | 732 | 121 | #1,090 |
| 1960s | 1,364 | 99 | #809 |
| 1970s | 4,823 | 77 | #395 |
| 1980s | 5,171 | 32 | #392 |
| 1990s | 2,884 | 0 | #761 |
| 2000s | 1,396 | 0 | #2,021 |
| 2010s | 922 | 0 | #2,223 |
| 2020–25 | 406 | 0 | #2,834 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
36.0% of babies named Hollie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Hollie is most popular
The index compares Hollie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Hollie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 3.14× | 382 |
| Louisiana | 2.13× | 546 |
| Alabama | 1.92× | 486 |
| Tennessee | 1.90× | 573 |
| Ohio | 1.43× | 938 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Hollie and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Hollie (this page) | 18,118 | 1977 |
| Holly | 205,016 | 1983 |
| Holli | 8,743 | 1974 |
| Holley | 4,486 | 1974 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Hollie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Hollie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Hollie (1977).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data