Holly: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced HAH-lee · 2 syllables

Holly means “wood, clearing, meadow”, from English.

How popular is Holly?

Holly was the #416 name in the US in 2025, given to 751 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1970.

Babies named Holly in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1970).

Half of US adults named Holly are older than 47; most are between 25 and 71. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Holly have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Holly means “wood, clearing, meadow”. It comes from English.

Holly is pronounced HAH-lee.

Holly was the #416 name in the US in 2025, given to 751 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1970.

Half of US adults named Holly are older than 47. Most are between 25 and 71.