Hollie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HOL-ee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #372 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,822 for girls
- Style
- Big in Northern Ireland
Hollie is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “holly tree”. In 2025 it ranked 372nd for girls in the UK (128 babies) and 2,822nd for girls in the US (60 babies).
What does Hollie mean?
English: spelling of Holly
“holly tree”
A variant of Holly, from the evergreen plant long linked with Christmas.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Hollie a girl's or a boy's name?
Hollie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 128 girls in the UK and 60 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hollie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 372nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 128 about 1 in 2,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 128 girls in the UK were named Hollie, making it the 372nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 179th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 1,268 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 13 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Hollie since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Hollie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 491 girls in the UK were given Hollie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #130, up from #372 for this spelling alone.
- Holly 363
- Hollie 128
Among girls in 2025, it was 419th in England and Wales, 164th in Scotland and 259th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1994 (#72), 2004 (#71) and 2014 (#81).
Hollie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 128 | #372 |
| 2024 | 172 | #288 |
| 2023 | 213 | #241 |
| 2022 | 253 | #213 |
| 2021 | 301 | #187 |
| 2020 | 314 | #179 |
| 2019 | 397 | #146 |
| 2018 | 437 | #140 |
| 2017 | 456 | #136 |
| 2016 | 633 | #103 |
| 2015 | 746 | #88 |
| 2014 | 826 | #75 |
| 2013 | 901 | #74 |
| 2012 | 1,268 | #51 |
| 2011 | 988 | #67 |
| 2010 | 996 | #73 |
| 2009 | 905 | #80 |
| 2008 | 808 | #87 |
| 2007 | 795 | #84 |
| 2006 | 823 | #81 |
| 2005 | 775 | #78 |
| 2004 | 838 | #69 |
| 2003 | 925 | #64 |
| 2002 | 987 | #60 |
| 2001 | 813 | #72 |
| 2000 | 752 | #80 |
| 1999 | 749 | #81 |
| 1998 | 858 | #71 |
| 1997 | 951 | #69 |
| 1996 | 964 | #67 |
How popular is Hollie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,822nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 60 about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 60 girls in the US were named Hollie, making it the 2,822nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,317th. Its busiest year was 1983, with 653 girls. It first appears in the records in 1886.
Half of all the girls named Hollie in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 829 girls in the US were given Hollie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #399, up from #2,822 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 56% of the babies named Hollie in the US in 1910, and 98% in 1987.
Hollie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,822 |
| 2024 | 54 | #3,013 |
| 2023 | 73 | #2,442 |
| 2022 | 72 | #2,490 |
| 2021 | 71 | #2,484 |
| 2020 | 76 | #2,317 |
| 2019 | 81 | #2,249 |
| 2018 | 69 | #2,532 |
| 2017 | 64 | #2,689 |
| 2016 | 81 | #2,321 |
| 2015 | 85 | #2,209 |
| 2014 | 100 | #1,982 |
| 2013 | 85 | #2,187 |
| 2012 | 136 | #1,591 |
| 2011 | 125 | #1,679 |
| 2010 | 96 | #2,059 |
| 2009 | 112 | #1,876 |
| 2008 | 138 | #1,635 |
| 2007 | 118 | #1,804 |
| 2006 | 129 | #1,639 |
| 2005 | 93 | #2,013 |
| 2004 | 138 | #1,463 |
| 2003 | 147 | #1,371 |
| 2002 | 151 | #1,296 |
| 2001 | 191 | #1,108 |
| 2000 | 179 | #1,137 |
| 1999 | 201 | #1,016 |
| 1998 | 200 | #997 |
| 1997 | 230 | #882 |
| 1996 | 249 | #816 |
| 1995 | 266 | #760 |
| 1994 | 278 | #745 |
| 1993 | 363 | #622 |
| 1992 | 334 | #665 |
| 1991 | 394 | #583 |
| 1990 | 369 | #610 |
| 1989 | 414 | #547 |
| 1988 | 440 | #505 |
| 1987 | 389 | #525 |
| 1986 | 458 | #469 |
| 1985 | 572 | #391 |
| 1984 | 649 | #356 |
| 1983 | 653 | #347 |
| 1982 | 538 | #419 |
| 1981 | 462 | #463 |
| 1980 | 596 | #388 |
| 1979 | 620 | #365 |
| 1978 | 591 | #358 |
| 1977 | 620 | #356 |
| 1976 | 574 | #366 |
| 1975 | 518 | #395 |
| 1974 | 474 | #416 |
| 1973 | 460 | #424 |
| 1972 | 318 | #531 |
| 1971 | 330 | #545 |
| 1970 | 318 | #570 |
| 1969 | 253 | #624 |
| 1968 | 174 | #754 |
| 1967 | 139 | #857 |
| 1966 | 152 | #803 |
| 1965 | 151 | #807 |
| 1964 | 109 | #1,032 |
| 1963 | 110 | #1,016 |
| 1962 | 109 | #1,032 |
| 1961 | 76 | #1,267 |
| 1960 | 91 | #1,137 |
| 1959 | 77 | #1,213 |
| 1958 | 79 | #1,195 |
| 1957 | 94 | #1,071 |
| 1956 | 101 | #1,015 |
| 1955 | 86 | #1,086 |
| 1954 | 84 | #1,074 |
| 1953 | 75 | #1,120 |
| 1952 | 49 | #1,385 |
| 1951 | 47 | #1,361 |
| 1950 | 40 | #1,451 |
| 1949 | 34 | #1,602 |
| 1948 | 41 | #1,438 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,660 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,023 |
| 1945 | 18 | #1,992 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,608 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,833 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,803 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,666 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,578 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,385 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,740 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,403 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,234 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,190 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,622 |
| 1927 | 19 | #2,025 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,075 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,616 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,307 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1922 | 19 | #2,027 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,927 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 16 | #2,208 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,485 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,882 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,125 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,528 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,545 |
| 1910 | 19 | #997 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,471 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,297 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,339 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,560 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,034 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,379 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,123 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,236 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,175 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,136 |
| 1887 | 8 | #860 |
| 1886 | 6 | #993 |
Names like Hollie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amber, Jasmine, Ellie, Molly, Jessica, Hannah, Erin, Chloe, Leah, Katie, Emily, Darcie
Other spellings of Hollie
Names related to Hollie
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hazel
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, “Hollie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hollie, updated 20 October 2026.