Holley Girl
How popular is Holley?
#3,711 girl name in 2025
40 baby girls were named Holley in the US in 2025, making it the 3711th most popular girl name.
Holley popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,711 for girls (▲ 582 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 40 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-18% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,299 in 2015, #3,281 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1984 (108 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,107 in 1974 |
| First recorded | 1937 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Holley counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Holly family of names ranked #363 for girls in 2025 (#373 the year before), with 879 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Holly | 751 | 85% |
| Hollie | 60 | 7% |
| Holley | 40 | 5% |
| Holli | 12 | 1% |
| Holy | 10 | 1% |
| Holleigh | 6 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Holley is most popular
Babies named Holley per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Tennessee: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Washington: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Holley by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1940s | 72 | #2,557 |
| 1950s | 229 | #1,727 |
| 1960s | 397 | #1,499 |
| 1970s | 847 | #1,107 |
| 1980s | 922 | #1,205 |
| 1990s | 740 | #1,639 |
| 2000s | 560 | #2,407 |
| 2010s | 463 | #3,168 |
| 2020s | 250 | #3,281 |
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Questions
- Is Holley a boy or girl name?
- Holley is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Holley were girls.
- How popular is the name Holley?
- 40 baby girls were named Holley in the US in 2025, making it the 3711th most popular girl name.
- When was Holley most popular?
- Holley peaked in 1984, when 108 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,107 in 1974.
- How many people are named Holley?
- 4,690 babies have been named Holley in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,350 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 39.
- Where is Holley most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Holley was most common in Tennessee, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.