first name
HOLLEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,908 people named Holley, 87.6% reported their origin as White, 4.1% as Black and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 97.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Holley peaked in 1974, when 113 babies got the name.
At least 4,690 babies have been given the name since 1911. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Holley by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #2,138. The largest share of babies named Holley, 28.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Holley is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Holley has been most common in Alabama (6.7×), Texas (3.9×), and Tennessee (2.9×), and least common in New York (0.62×).
1,456 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Holley
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Holley, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Holley ranks #1,192 of 156,621, with 28,921 people. See Holley as a last name
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