Mostly boys · peaked in 1908
Hollis name popularity since 1925
17,498 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Hollis (29.3% girls, 70.7% boys). Half of them were born in 1962 or earlier, so the typical Hollis is about 64 years old in 2026. Hollis peaked in 1908 as the #292 name for boys, and it ranked #894 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 17,498
- Named Hollis, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1908
- #292 for boys that year
- In 2025
- #894
- for boys in 2025 (266 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 70.7% boys
- 5,132 girls · 12,366 boys
- Most popular in
- Alabama
- 4.86× its national share
Peak year is the year Hollis made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Hollis births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1926. Measured as a share of all babies, Hollis peaked earlier, in 1908.
- Steepest fall: Between 1954 and 1959, Hollis's share of baby boys fell by 40%, from 1 in 10,400 to 1 in 17,400.
- Fastest rise: Between 2016 and 2021, it became 1.8× more common, from 1 in 15,300 baby boys to 1 in 8,700.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Hollis's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Hollis.
Decade by decade
Babies named Hollis in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 89 | 1,270 | – |
| 1930s | 150 | 2,115 | #401 |
| 1940s | 482 | 1,808 | #460 |
| 1950s | 972 | 1,497 | #580 |
| 1960s | 337 | 911 | #805 |
| 1970s | 200 | 670 | #1,291 |
| 1980s | 281 | 470 | #1,337 |
| 1990s | 282 | 445 | #1,896 |
| 2000s | 318 | 504 | #2,861 |
| 2010s | 1,021 | 1,365 | #1,102 |
| 2020–25 | 1,000 | 1,311 | #894 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
24.1% of babies named Hollis from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Hollis is most popular
The index compares Hollis'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 Hollis.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 4.86× | 870 |
| Mississippi | 4.71× | 577 |
| Tennessee | 3.90× | 830 |
| Georgia | 3.62× | 1,011 |
| Louisiana | 3.31× | 600 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Hollis's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Hollis.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Hollis (1908).
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