Hollis
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning dweller by the holly bushes.
Babies a year
338
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#894
new to the top 1000
UK popularity
#5137
3 babies
How Hollis has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2023 | #1000 |
| 2025 | #894 |
Hollis by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Hollis. In the US, 338 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 294 babies in 1921, making it a 1920s name.
At its height, in 1915, about 1 in 4,000 American boys born that year was called Hollis.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hollis. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
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