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Holli

#8,554 in 2025Girls' name

Spelling variant of Holly

Holli has been given to 8,748 babies in the U.S. since 1946. In 2025 it ranked #8,554 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1983, with 283 recorded.

Babies named Holli, 2025

1 in 276,000

Holli over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Holli: meaning, origin, and history

Spelling variant of Holly

English

What Holli means

Holli is a spelling variant of Holly.

Origin, language, and formation

Holli is used in English. Its origins include English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Holly.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8,743 girls were recorded with the name Holli between 1946 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 283 in 1983; its best national rank was #580 in 1974.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,734 in 2020 to #8,554 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,555 in 2015 to #8,554 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Holli between 1983 and 1983. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1983; its best national rank was #6,659 in 1983.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Holli?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 276,000
12 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 134,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#8,554
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
191,493 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Holli sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 191,493 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Holli. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hollis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Holli was born before 1981 — so the typical Holli is around 44 today.

Median birth year
1981
About 44 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
28.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
8.9%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
8,723
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 28.0% of all recorded uses (2,450).

Is Holli rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+607
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,820
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,999
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.63×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
4.2%
Peak was 1983 (283)
Years since peak
42
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#580
1974

Spellings of Holli

Holli is not the most common spelling — Holly is, with 26.9% against Holli's 1.1%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Holli is used

Across 1910–2025, Holli was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 6,667 girls, against 1 in 27,604 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

115 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 6,667
  2. 2Alabama1 in 14,286
  3. 3Indiana1 in 14,286
  4. 4Washington1 in 14,286
  5. 5Georgia1 in 16,667
  6. 6Michigan1 in 16,667
  7. 7Ohio1 in 16,667
  8. 8Oregon1 in 16,667

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Holli has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Holli around the world

Where Holli ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2018
    #5,666
    in 2018
  • Scotland
    1985–2015
    #806
    in 2015
  • Canada
    1994–2003
    #1,895
    in 2003
  • South Australia
    1971–2010
    #801
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Holli by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#8,554
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,820
Best rank ever
#580
1974
Peak year
1983
283 that year
First recorded
1946
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
8,743
Count in 2025
12

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,659
1983
Peak year
1983
5 that year
First recorded
1983
Last recorded
1983
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Holli

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Holli

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Holli, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Holli

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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