Holiday
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HOL-ih-day
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Holiday is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “holy day”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Holiday mean?
English: English word, from Old English haligdaeg 'holy day'
“holy day”
Billie Holiday was one of the most celebrated jazz singers of the 20th century.
Is Holiday a girl's or a boy's name?
Holiday is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Holiday in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Holiday, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1952. 5 boys were also named Holiday in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Holiday than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Holiday in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Holiday in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
Names like Holiday
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Everly Hadley Harper Journey Emerson Harlow Harmony Oakley Harley Presley Madisson Addison
Names related to Holiday
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Holiday: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/holiday, updated 20 October 2026.