Holy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HOH-lee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Holy is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “holy, sacred”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Holy mean?
English: English word name; also a spelling of Holly
“holy, sacred”
Used both as a word name meaning 'sacred' and as a spelling of Holly.
Is Holy a girl's or a boy's name?
Holy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Holy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Holy, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Holy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Holy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
How popular is Holy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Holy, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Holy in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Holy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
Names like Holy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Poppy Ivy Harper Lily Tilly Daisy Willow Hallie Harlow Isla Honey Everly
Names related to Holy
More English names
Evelyn Hudson Grace Violet Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hazel Carter Harrison River Ellie Frankie Grayson
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, “Holy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/holy, updated 20 October 2026.