Hollis
Hollis is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 208 births. Its best rank was 292nd, in 1908.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2080.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1921294 births
- Best rank
- #292in 1908
- Since 1880
- 21,037people given the name
The story in the numbers
15,748 boys have been named Hollis in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 294 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1944, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 95 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Hollis is used for both sexes: 25% of its bearers are girls (5,289), most of them born around 2024.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Hollis | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 94 | |
| 1890s | 154 | |
| 1900s | 330 | |
| 1910s | 1,679 | |
| 1920s | 2,661 | |
| 1930s | 2,115 | |
| 1940s | 1,808 | |
| 1950s | 1,498 | |
| 1960s | 911 | |
| 1970s | 670 | |
| 1980s | 470 | |
| 1990s | 445 | |
| 2000s | 504 | |
| 2010s | 1,365 | |
| 2020s | 1,044 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Hollis was the 343rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Hollis
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hoytpeak 1922
- Everettepeak 1919
- Olenpeak 1922
- Elvinpeak 1927
- Leonpeak 1924
- Coypeak 1926
- Eltonpeak 1920
- Ervinpeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.