Hollis
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HOL-is
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #893 for boys
Hollis is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “holly trees”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 893rd for boys in the US (266 babies).
What does Hollis mean?
English: surname from Middle English holis
“holly trees”
From an English surname for someone who lived by holly bushes.
Is Hollis a girl's or a boy's name?
Hollis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 206 girls and 266 boys in the US.
How popular is Hollis in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Hollis, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2016, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Hollis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
How popular is Hollis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #893among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 266about 1 in 6,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 266 boys in the US were named Hollis, making it the 893rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,017th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 294 boys. 206 girls were also named Hollis in 2025 (1,132nd for girls).
2025 had more boys named Hollis than any year since 1930.
Half of all the boys named Hollis in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1981, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 20% of the babies named Hollis in the US in 1895, and 44% in 2025.
Hollis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 266 | #893 |
| 2024 | 208 | #1,055 |
| 2023 | 220 | #1,000 |
| 2022 | 212 | #1,042 |
| 2021 | 201 | #1,064 |
| 2020 | 204 | #1,017 |
| 2019 | 182 | #1,094 |
| 2018 | 147 | #1,255 |
| 2017 | 186 | #1,064 |
| 2016 | 124 | #1,413 |
| 2015 | 176 | #1,100 |
| 2014 | 125 | #1,362 |
| 2013 | 126 | #1,345 |
| 2012 | 110 | #1,466 |
| 2011 | 102 | #1,544 |
| 2010 | 87 | #1,738 |
| 2009 | 76 | #1,888 |
| 2008 | 73 | #1,948 |
| 2007 | 66 | #2,071 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,204 |
| 2005 | 37 | #2,842 |
| 2004 | 34 | #2,949 |
| 2003 | 52 | #2,124 |
| 2002 | 41 | #2,424 |
| 2001 | 36 | #2,613 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,858 |
| 1999 | 58 | #1,746 |
| 1998 | 41 | #2,196 |
| 1997 | 34 | #2,393 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,110 |
| 1995 | 45 | #1,882 |
| 1994 | 35 | #2,254 |
| 1993 | 44 | #1,870 |
| 1992 | 51 | #1,672 |
| 1991 | 53 | #1,583 |
| 1990 | 44 | #1,775 |
| 1989 | 41 | #1,826 |
| 1988 | 42 | #1,666 |
| 1987 | 46 | #1,532 |
| 1986 | 32 | #1,871 |
| 1985 | 52 | #1,332 |
| 1984 | 46 | #1,398 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,274 |
| 1982 | 50 | #1,319 |
| 1981 | 46 | #1,396 |
| 1980 | 63 | #1,145 |
| 1979 | 62 | #1,137 |
| 1978 | 66 | #1,066 |
| 1977 | 69 | #1,036 |
| 1976 | 64 | #1,042 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,280 |
| 1974 | 73 | #953 |
| 1973 | 63 | #1,014 |
| 1972 | 69 | #976 |
| 1971 | 81 | #904 |
| 1970 | 78 | #905 |
| 1969 | 75 | #880 |
| 1968 | 87 | #794 |
| 1967 | 67 | #875 |
| 1966 | 85 | #785 |
| 1965 | 86 | #803 |
| 1964 | 96 | #772 |
| 1963 | 82 | #838 |
| 1962 | 98 | #769 |
| 1961 | 107 | #743 |
| 1960 | 128 | #694 |
| 1959 | 123 | #685 |
| 1958 | 157 | #612 |
| 1957 | 125 | #680 |
| 1956 | 143 | #634 |
| 1955 | 161 | #579 |
| 1954 | 196 | #519 |
| 1953 | 151 | #585 |
| 1952 | 146 | #575 |
| 1951 | 151 | #554 |
| 1950 | 144 | #562 |
| 1949 | 164 | #521 |
| 1948 | 153 | #535 |
| 1947 | 196 | #477 |
| 1946 | 196 | #452 |
| 1945 | 167 | #459 |
| 1944 | 164 | #474 |
| 1943 | 207 | #435 |
| 1942 | 179 | #464 |
| 1941 | 184 | #431 |
| 1940 | 198 | #409 |
| 1939 | 196 | #409 |
| 1938 | 174 | #436 |
| 1937 | 194 | #401 |
| 1936 | 176 | #418 |
| 1935 | 186 | #401 |
| 1934 | 221 | #367 |
| 1933 | 236 | #350 |
| 1932 | 223 | #374 |
| 1931 | 241 | #360 |
| 1930 | 268 | #340 |
| 1929 | 234 | #376 |
| 1928 | 256 | #362 |
| 1927 | 254 | #366 |
| 1926 | 275 | #350 |
| 1925 | 251 | #376 |
| 1924 | 292 | #341 |
| 1923 | 258 | #372 |
| 1922 | 274 | #360 |
| 1921 | 294 | #343 |
| 1920 | 273 | #361 |
| 1919 | 249 | #366 |
| 1918 | 263 | #361 |
| 1917 | 223 | #377 |
| 1916 | 207 | #384 |
| 1915 | 220 | #361 |
| 1914 | 159 | #376 |
| 1913 | 138 | #352 |
| 1912 | 114 | #359 |
| 1911 | 60 | #355 |
| 1910 | 46 | #383 |
| 1909 | 41 | #371 |
| 1908 | 56 | #290 |
| 1907 | 37 | #366 |
| 1906 | 30 | #394 |
| 1905 | 25 | #430 |
| 1904 | 28 | #390 |
| 1903 | 27 | #370 |
| 1902 | 27 | #380 |
| 1901 | 24 | #383 |
| 1900 | 35 | #375 |
| 1899 | 15 | #502 |
| 1898 | 20 | #452 |
| 1897 | 18 | #459 |
| 1896 | 11 | #674 |
| 1895 | 24 | #390 |
| 1894 | 12 | #594 |
| 1893 | 16 | #459 |
| 1892 | 14 | #547 |
| 1891 | 14 | #476 |
| 1890 | 10 | #629 |
| 1889 | 10 | #628 |
| 1888 | 12 | #580 |
| 1887 | 12 | #516 |
| 1886 | 9 | #647 |
| 1885 | 9 | #641 |
| 1884 | 10 | #613 |
| 1883 | 12 | #527 |
| 1882 | 8 | #691 |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
| 1880 | 7 | #745 |
Names like Hollis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Hollis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hollis, updated 20 October 2026.