Is Hollis a boy or girl name?
Hollis is used for both boys and girls in close to equal numbers in the US. In 2024, 188 girls and 208 boys were named Hollis, so 47.5% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 25.1% of the 21,037 US babies named Hollis were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #1,053
- Girl rank, 2024
- #1,237
- Babies named Hollis since 1880
- 21,037
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 396 babies
Boys and girls named Hollis, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 94 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 154 | 6 | 3.8% |
| 1900s | 330 | 62 | 15.8% |
| 1910s | 1,679 | 173 | 9.3% |
| 1920s | 2,661 | 214 | 7.4% |
| 1930s | 2,115 | 150 | 6.6% |
| 1940s | 1,808 | 482 | 21% |
| 1950s | 1,498 | 972 | 39.4% |
| 1960s | 911 | 337 | 27% |
| 1970s | 670 | 200 | 23% |
| 1980s | 470 | 281 | 37.4% |
| 1990s | 445 | 282 | 38.8% |
| 2000s | 504 | 318 | 38.7% |
| 2010s | 1,365 | 1,020 | 42.8% |
| 2020s | 1,044 | 792 | 43.1% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 208 | #1,053 | 188 | #1,237 |
| 2023 | 220 | #1,000 | 161 | #1,395 |
| 2022 | 212 | #1,042 | 130 | #1,628 |
| 2021 | 200 | #1,068 | 167 | #1,335 |
| 2020 | 204 | #1,019 | 146 | #1,469 |
| 2019 | 182 | #1,095 | 127 | #1,659 |
| 2018 | 147 | #1,256 | 122 | #1,697 |
| 2017 | 186 | #1,065 | 153 | #1,470 |
| 2016 | 124 | #1,414 | 127 | #1,683 |
| 2015 | 176 | #1,102 | 106 | #1,912 |
| 2014 | 125 | #1,368 | 114 | #1,797 |
| 2013 | 126 | #1,348 | 98 | #1,994 |
| 2012 | 110 | #1,470 | 64 | #2,748 |
| 2011 | 102 | #1,551 | 60 | #2,881 |
| 2010 | 87 | #1,745 | 49 | #3,333 |
| 2009 | 76 | #1,902 | 39 | #3,969 |
| 2008 | 73 | #1,956 | 49 | #3,396 |
| 2007 | 66 | #2,076 | 41 | #3,871 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,212 | 38 | #3,951 |
| 2005 | 37 | #2,860 | 30 | #4,521 |
| 2004 | 34 | #2,971 | 26 | #4,989 |
| 2003 | 52 | #2,137 | 23 | #5,295 |
| 2002 | 41 | #2,444 | 27 | #4,544 |
| 2001 | 36 | #2,644 | 27 | #4,495 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,883 | 18 | #6,046 |
| 1999 | 58 | #1,756 | 20 | #5,302 |
| 1998 | 41 | #2,212 | 29 | #3,960 |
| 1997 | 34 | #2,418 | 32 | #3,573 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,123 | 22 | #4,651 |
| 1995 | 45 | #1,896 | 24 | #4,263 |
| 1994 | 35 | #2,274 | 23 | #4,420 |
| 1993 | 44 | #1,879 | 23 | #4,439 |
| 1992 | 51 | #1,682 | 36 | #3,164 |
| 1991 | 53 | #1,597 | 28 | #3,755 |
| 1990 | 44 | #1,791 | 45 | #2,612 |
| 1989 | 41 | #1,842 | 39 | #2,832 |
| 1988 | 42 | #1,683 | 30 | #3,253 |
| 1987 | 46 | #1,548 | 27 | #3,364 |
| 1986 | 32 | #1,890 | 24 | #3,586 |
| 1985 | 52 | #1,337 | 29 | #3,112 |
| 1984 | 46 | #1,408 | 35 | #2,640 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,282 | 26 | #3,182 |
| 1982 | 50 | #1,327 | 22 | #3,689 |
| 1981 | 46 | #1,399 | 25 | #3,375 |
| 1980 | 63 | #1,149 | 24 | #3,441 |
| 1979 | 62 | #1,142 | 18 | #4,102 |
| 1978 | 66 | #1,072 | 20 | #3,676 |
| 1977 | 69 | #1,041 | 20 | #3,667 |
| 1976 | 64 | #1,045 | 16 | #4,023 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,291 | 18 | #3,679 |
| 1974 | 73 | #956 | 21 | #3,242 |
| 1973 | 63 | #1,018 | 20 | #3,273 |
| 1972 | 69 | #981 | 22 | #2,995 |
| 1971 | 81 | #906 | 16 | #3,847 |
| 1970 | 78 | #906 | 29 | #2,539 |
| 1969 | 75 | #882 | 21 | #2,952 |
| 1968 | 87 | #798 | 18 | #3,087 |
| 1967 | 67 | #880 | 31 | #2,140 |
| 1966 | 85 | #789 | 31 | #2,116 |
| 1965 | 86 | #804 | 26 | #2,365 |
| 1964 | 96 | #772 | 34 | #2,049 |
| 1963 | 82 | #841 | 46 | #1,694 |
| 1962 | 98 | #771 | 43 | #1,739 |
| 1961 | 107 | #746 | 33 | #2,051 |
| 1960 | 128 | #694 | 54 | #1,510 |
| 1959 | 123 | #687 | 45 | #1,627 |
| 1958 | 157 | #613 | 73 | #1,244 |
| 1957 | 125 | #683 | 76 | #1,215 |
| 1956 | 143 | #635 | 103 | #1,010 |
| 1955 | 161 | #580 | 110 | #942 |
| 1954 | 196 | #521 | 123 | #853 |
| 1953 | 151 | #586 | 141 | #773 |
| 1952 | 146 | #576 | 124 | #819 |
| 1951 | 152 | #554 | 106 | #872 |
| 1950 | 144 | #564 | 71 | #1,092 |
| 1949 | 164 | #522 | 82 | #996 |
| 1948 | 153 | #536 | 96 | #886 |
| 1947 | 196 | #478 | 61 | #1,155 |
| 1946 | 196 | #453 | 62 | #1,081 |
| 1945 | 167 | #460 | 42 | #1,240 |
| 1944 | 164 | #474 | 59 | #1,021 |
| 1943 | 207 | #435 | 30 | #1,539 |
| 1942 | 179 | #466 | 16 | #2,250 |
| 1941 | 184 | #431 | 16 | #2,132 |
| 1940 | 198 | #409 | 18 | #1,923 |
| 1939 | 196 | #409 | 17 | #1,985 |
| 1938 | 174 | #436 | 14 | #2,276 |
| 1937 | 194 | #401 | 17 | #1,952 |
| 1936 | 176 | #419 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1935 | 186 | #401 | 12 | #2,484 |
| 1934 | 221 | #367 | 13 | #2,348 |
| 1933 | 236 | #350 | 14 | #2,205 |
| 1932 | 223 | #376 | 13 | #2,418 |
| 1931 | 241 | #361 | 16 | #2,055 |
| 1930 | 268 | #343 | 22 | #1,725 |
| 1929 | 234 | #376 | 18 | #1,976 |
| 1928 | 256 | #362 | 12 | #2,682 |
| 1927 | 254 | #367 | 23 | #1,789 |
| 1926 | 275 | #350 | 14 | #2,514 |
| 1925 | 251 | #377 | 22 | #1,863 |
| 1924 | 292 | #342 | 18 | #2,176 |
| 1923 | 258 | #372 | 22 | #1,865 |
| 1922 | 274 | #360 | 24 | #1,751 |
| 1921 | 294 | #343 | 40 | #1,229 |
| 1920 | 273 | #361 | 21 | #1,916 |
| 1919 | 249 | #366 | 24 | #1,672 |
| 1918 | 263 | #361 | 23 | #1,721 |
| 1917 | 223 | #378 | 26 | #1,484 |
| 1916 | 207 | #384 | 18 | #1,902 |
| 1915 | 220 | #361 | 25 | #1,460 |
| 1914 | 159 | #377 | 12 | #2,059 |
| 1913 | 138 | #352 | 15 | #1,555 |
| 1912 | 114 | #361 | 11 | #1,770 |
| 1911 | 60 | #355 | 11 | #1,493 |
| 1910 | 46 | #385 | 8 | #1,838 |
| 1909 | 41 | #374 | 11 | #1,327 |
| 1908 | 56 | #292 | 15 | #1,059 |
| 1907 | 37 | #370 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1906 | 30 | #396 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 25 | #440 | 6 | #1,793 |
| 1904 | 28 | #396 | 7 | #1,558 |
| 1903 | 27 | #377 | 6 | #1,683 |
| 1902 | 27 | #383 | 8 | #1,374 |
| 1901 | 24 | #386 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 35 | #379 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 15 | #512 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 20 | #461 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 18 | #465 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 11 | #697 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 24 | #393 | 6 | #1,493 |
| 1894 | 12 | #606 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 16 | #469 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 14 | #560 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 14 | #486 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 10 | #645 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 10 | #646 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 12 | #591 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 12 | #529 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 9 | #666 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 9 | #671 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 10 | #636 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 12 | #540 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 8 | #727 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #936 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 7 | #777 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Hollis reached #292 in 1908. As a girl name, it reached #773 in 1953. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2020s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Hollis
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.