Holland
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- HOL-und
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #549 for girls
Holland is a name of English origin, meaning “wooded land”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 549th for girls in the US (550 babies).
What does Holland mean?
English: place name and surname; also the Dutch region
“wooded land”
The Dutch region of Holland takes its name from holt land, 'wooded land'; there is also a Holland in Lincolnshire.
Is Holland a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Holland has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 550 girls and 136 boys in the US.
How popular is Holland in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Holland, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. 3 boys were also named Holland in 2025 (5,065th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Holland of any year since it first appeared, in 2017.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Holland in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 2 | #7,433 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
How popular is Holland in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 549th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 550 about 1 in 2,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 550 girls in the US were named Holland, making it the 549th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 707th. It first appears in the records in 1918. 136 boys were also named Holland in 2025 (1,366th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Holland of any year since it first appeared, in 1918.
Half of all the girls named Holland in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1977, 35% of the babies named Holland in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 80%, with more girls than boys since 1981.
Holland in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 550 | #549 |
| 2024 | 499 | #602 |
| 2023 | 520 | #571 |
| 2022 | 507 | #591 |
| 2021 | 462 | #643 |
| 2020 | 396 | #707 |
| 2019 | 382 | #741 |
| 2018 | 323 | #839 |
| 2017 | 277 | #952 |
| 2016 | 320 | #876 |
| 2015 | 334 | #838 |
| 2014 | 304 | #893 |
| 2013 | 210 | #1,144 |
| 2012 | 176 | #1,334 |
| 2011 | 137 | #1,588 |
| 2010 | 139 | #1,574 |
| 2009 | 137 | #1,629 |
| 2008 | 132 | #1,685 |
| 2007 | 94 | #2,134 |
| 2006 | 134 | #1,597 |
| 2005 | 104 | #1,854 |
| 2004 | 92 | #1,997 |
| 2003 | 116 | #1,651 |
| 2002 | 103 | #1,748 |
| 2001 | 96 | #1,829 |
| 2000 | 104 | #1,686 |
| 1999 | 101 | #1,645 |
| 1998 | 82 | #1,864 |
| 1997 | 64 | #2,155 |
| 1996 | 58 | #2,279 |
| 1995 | 47 | #2,618 |
| 1994 | 50 | #2,498 |
| 1993 | 67 | #2,040 |
| 1992 | 58 | #2,270 |
| 1991 | 54 | #2,350 |
| 1990 | 46 | #2,566 |
| 1989 | 47 | #2,437 |
| 1988 | 40 | #2,641 |
| 1987 | 42 | #2,432 |
| 1986 | 43 | #2,343 |
| 1985 | 51 | #2,081 |
| 1984 | 31 | #2,850 |
| 1983 | 39 | #2,397 |
| 1982 | 57 | #1,873 |
| 1981 | 38 | #2,488 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
Names like Holland
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harper, Willow, Ivy, Autumn, Hallie, Scarlett, Lily, Harlow, Myla, Freya, Lyra, Riley
Names related to Holland
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Grace, Violet, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River, Ellie, Frankie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Holland: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/holland, updated 20 October 2026.