Holley
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,711 for girls
Holley is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “hollow”. In 2025 it ranked 3,711th for girls in the US (40 babies).
What does Holley mean?
English
“hollow”
A female given name from English.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Holley a girl's or a boy's name?
Holley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Holley in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 8 girls.
Holley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Holley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,711among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 40about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 40 girls in the US were named Holley, making it the 3,711th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,281st. Its busiest year was 1984, with 108 girls. It first appears in the records in 1937.
Half of all the girls named Holley in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Holley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,711 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2023 | 44 | #3,524 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,825 |
| 2021 | 47 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 47 | #3,281 |
| 2019 | 44 | #3,498 |
| 2018 | 47 | #3,345 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,696 |
| 2016 | 43 | #3,588 |
| 2015 | 49 | #3,299 |
| 2014 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2013 | 48 | #3,313 |
| 2012 | 52 | #3,168 |
| 2011 | 46 | #3,451 |
| 2010 | 42 | #3,688 |
| 2009 | 68 | #2,671 |
| 2008 | 45 | #3,583 |
| 2007 | 58 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 42 | #3,668 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,726 |
| 2004 | 61 | #2,675 |
| 2003 | 60 | #2,635 |
| 2002 | 59 | #2,602 |
| 2001 | 65 | #2,407 |
| 2000 | 63 | #2,422 |
| 1999 | 83 | #1,890 |
| 1998 | 61 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 72 | #1,980 |
| 1996 | 83 | #1,778 |
| 1995 | 75 | #1,858 |
| 1994 | 60 | #2,204 |
| 1993 | 67 | #2,040 |
| 1992 | 92 | #1,639 |
| 1991 | 69 | #1,990 |
| 1990 | 78 | #1,824 |
| 1989 | 86 | #1,611 |
| 1988 | 94 | #1,453 |
| 1987 | 98 | #1,380 |
| 1986 | 80 | #1,525 |
| 1985 | 104 | #1,287 |
| 1984 | 108 | #1,205 |
| 1983 | 89 | #1,346 |
| 1982 | 84 | #1,436 |
| 1981 | 88 | #1,396 |
| 1980 | 91 | #1,373 |
| 1979 | 86 | #1,420 |
| 1978 | 92 | #1,307 |
| 1977 | 86 | #1,331 |
| 1976 | 79 | #1,355 |
| 1975 | 80 | #1,342 |
| 1974 | 105 | #1,107 |
| 1973 | 81 | #1,276 |
| 1972 | 65 | #1,473 |
| 1971 | 87 | #1,266 |
| 1970 | 86 | #1,270 |
| 1969 | 62 | #1,499 |
| 1968 | 45 | #1,749 |
| 1967 | 36 | #1,947 |
| 1966 | 47 | #1,632 |
| 1965 | 40 | #1,801 |
| 1964 | 41 | #1,835 |
| 1963 | 43 | #1,753 |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,030 |
| 1961 | 22 | #2,607 |
| 1960 | 28 | #2,195 |
| 1959 | 24 | #2,338 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,819 |
| 1957 | 39 | #1,727 |
| 1956 | 28 | #2,057 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,977 |
| 1954 | 23 | #2,239 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,811 |
| 1952 | 12 | #3,200 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,051 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,827 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,557 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
Names like Holley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emily Amber Jessica Honey Harley Francesca Molly Sydney Abigail Jasmine Melody Autumn
Names related to Holley
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
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, “Holley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/holley, updated 20 October 2026.