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Hollis: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 266 in 2025. Its best rank was #292 in 1908.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #292 in 1908; #894 in 2025. About 56% of babies named Hollis in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#894 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1908, at #292.
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Hollis: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 266 boys in 2025. Peak: #292 in 1908 · most boys in one year: 294 (1921).
In 2025, 266 US boys were named Hollis, making it the 894th most common boys’ name of the year, up 161 places from #1,055 in 2024. That is 58 more than the 208 boys named Hollis in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #292, reached in 1908. The most boys given the name in a single year was 294, in 1921. For comparison, it was #1,102 in 2015 and #564 in 1950.
In 2025, 206 US girls were named Hollis, making it the 1,132nd most common girls’ name of the year, up 105 places from #1,237 in 2024. That is 17 more than the 189 girls named Hollis in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #773, reached in 1953. The most girls given the name in a single year was 206, in 2025. For comparison, it was #1,912 in 2015 and #1,092 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Hollis in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 7 babies with the name. In all, 21,512 US babies have been given the name, 26% of them girls and 74% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 2,875 babies named Hollis.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,950 US boys were named Hollis; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 266. In 2025 that was about 1 in 6,421 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Hollis ranked highest in Tennessee in 2025, at #419 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 27 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 19 | #419 | #605 |
| Oregon | 8 | #451 | — |
| Louisiana | 10 | #467 | — |
| Mississippi | 6 | #491 | #564 |
| South Carolina | 9 | #520 | — |
| Missouri | 11 | #538 | #870 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #582 | — |
| Arkansas | 5 | #590 | #507 |
| Alabama | 8 | #596 | #499 |
| Georgia | 17 | #604 | #432 |
| Kansas | 5 | #629 | — |
| Kentucky | 6 | #653 | — |
| Minnesota | 7 | #673 | — |
| Michigan | 11 | #690 | — |
| Utah | 5 | #744 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | #759 | — |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #828 | — |
| Virginia | 8 | #831 | — |
| Texas | 28 | #903 | #1,015 |
| Arizona | 5 | #971 | — |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,004 | — |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,186 | — |
| Florida | 9 | #1,291 | — |
| California | 9 | #1,741 | #1,803 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 206 | #1,132 | 266 | #894 |
| 2024 | 189 | #1,237 | 208 | #1,055 |
| 2023 | 162 | #1,389 | 220 | #1,000 |
| 2022 | 130 | #1,629 | 212 | #1,042 |
| 2021 | 167 | #1,335 | 201 | #1,066 |
| 2020 | 146 | #1,470 | 204 | #1,019 |
| 2019 | 127 | #1,660 | 182 | #1,096 |
| 2018 | 122 | #1,698 | 147 | #1,256 |
| 2017 | 153 | #1,470 | 186 | #1,065 |
| 2016 | 128 | #1,676 | 124 | #1,415 |
| 2015 | 106 | #1,912 | 176 | #1,102 |
| 2014 | 114 | #1,797 | 125 | #1,370 |
| 2013 | 98 | #1,994 | 126 | #1,348 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,748 | 110 | #1,471 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,882 | 102 | #1,551 |
| 2010 | 49 | #3,333 | 87 | #1,745 |
| 2009 | 39 | #3,969 | 76 | #1,902 |
| 2008 | 49 | #3,397 | 73 | #1,956 |
| 2007 | 41 | #3,871 | 66 | #2,076 |
| 2006 | 38 | #3,951 | 58 | #2,212 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,521 | 37 | #2,861 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,989 | 34 | #2,974 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,296 | 52 | #2,137 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,544 | 41 | #2,444 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,495 | 36 | #2,644 |
| 2000 | 18 | #6,046 | 31 | #2,883 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,302 | 58 | #1,756 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,960 | 41 | #2,212 |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,573 | 34 | #2,418 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,651 | 40 | #2,123 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,263 | 45 | #1,896 |
| 1994 | 23 | #4,420 | 35 | #2,274 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,439 | 44 | #1,879 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,164 | 51 | #1,682 |
| 1991 | 28 | #3,755 | 53 | #1,597 |
| 1990 | 45 | #2,612 | 44 | #1,791 |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,832 | 41 | #1,842 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,254 | 42 | #1,683 |
| 1987 | 27 | #3,364 | 46 | #1,548 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,586 | 32 | #1,890 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,113 | 52 | #1,337 |
| 1984 | 35 | #2,641 | 46 | #1,408 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,182 | 52 | #1,282 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,689 | 50 | #1,327 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,376 | 46 | #1,399 |
| 1980 | 24 | #3,441 | 63 | #1,149 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,102 | 62 | #1,142 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,676 | 66 | #1,072 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,667 | 69 | #1,041 |
| 1976 | 16 | #4,023 | 64 | #1,045 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,680 | 45 | #1,291 |
| 1974 | 21 | #3,242 | 73 | #957 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,272 | 63 | #1,018 |
| 1972 | 22 | #2,995 | 69 | #981 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,848 | 81 | #906 |
| 1970 | 29 | #2,539 | 78 | #906 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,952 | 75 | #882 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,087 | 87 | #798 |
| 1967 | 31 | #2,140 | 67 | #880 |
| 1966 | 31 | #2,116 | 85 | #789 |
| 1965 | 26 | #2,367 | 86 | #805 |
| 1964 | 34 | #2,049 | 96 | #772 |
| 1963 | 46 | #1,694 | 82 | #841 |
| 1962 | 43 | #1,739 | 98 | #771 |
| 1961 | 33 | #2,052 | 107 | #745 |
| 1960 | 54 | #1,510 | 128 | #695 |
| 1959 | 45 | #1,627 | 123 | #687 |
| 1958 | 73 | #1,244 | 157 | #613 |
| 1957 | 76 | #1,214 | 125 | #683 |
| 1956 | 103 | #1,010 | 143 | #635 |
| 1955 | 110 | #942 | 161 | #580 |
| 1954 | 123 | #853 | 196 | #521 |
| 1953 | 141 | #773 | 151 | #586 |
| 1952 | 124 | #819 | 146 | #576 |
| 1951 | 106 | #872 | 151 | #555 |
| 1950 | 71 | #1,092 | 144 | #564 |
| 1949 | 82 | #995 | 164 | #522 |
| 1948 | 96 | #886 | 153 | #536 |
| 1947 | 61 | #1,155 | 196 | #478 |
| 1946 | 62 | #1,081 | 196 | #453 |
| 1945 | 42 | #1,240 | 167 | #460 |
| 1944 | 59 | #1,021 | 164 | #474 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,539 | 207 | #435 |
| 1942 | 16 | #2,250 | 179 | #466 |
| 1941 | 16 | #2,132 | 184 | #431 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,924 | 198 | #409 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,985 | 196 | #409 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,276 | 174 | #436 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,952 | 194 | #401 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,434 | 176 | #419 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,484 | 186 | #401 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,348 | 221 | #367 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,205 | 236 | #350 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,418 | 223 | #376 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,055 | 241 | #361 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,725 | 268 | #343 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,976 | 234 | #376 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,682 | 256 | #362 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,788 | 254 | #367 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,514 | 275 | #350 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,863 | 251 | #377 |
| 1924 | 18 | #2,176 | 292 | #342 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,865 | 258 | #372 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,751 | 274 | #360 |
| 1921 | 40 | #1,229 | 294 | #343 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,916 | 273 | #361 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,672 | 249 | #366 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,721 | 263 | #361 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,484 | 223 | #378 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,902 | 207 | #384 |
| 1915 | 25 | #1,460 | 220 | #361 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,059 | 159 | #377 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,555 | 138 | #352 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,770 | 114 | #360 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,493 | 60 | #355 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,838 | 46 | #385 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,327 | 41 | #374 |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,059 | 56 | #292 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,446 | 37 | #370 |
| 1906 | — | — | 30 | #396 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,793 | 25 | #440 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,558 | 28 | #396 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,683 | 27 | #377 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,374 | 27 | #383 |
| 1901 | — | — | 24 | #386 |
| 1900 | — | — | 35 | #379 |
| 1899 | — | — | 15 | #512 |
| 1898 | — | — | 20 | #461 |
| 1897 | — | — | 18 | #465 |
| 1896 | — | — | 11 | #697 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,493 | 24 | #393 |
| 1894 | — | — | 12 | #606 |
| 1893 | — | — | 16 | #469 |
| 1892 | — | — | 14 | #560 |
| 1891 | — | — | 14 | #486 |
| 1890 | — | — | 10 | #645 |
| 1889 | — | — | 10 | #646 |
| 1888 | — | — | 12 | #591 |
| 1887 | — | — | 12 | #529 |
| 1886 | — | — | 9 | #666 |
| 1885 | — | — | 9 | #671 |
| 1884 | — | — | 10 | #636 |
| 1883 | — | — | 12 | #540 |
| 1882 | — | — | 8 | #727 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #936 |
| 1880 | — | — | 7 | #777 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).