How rare is the name Hollis?

10,157 people in the United States have the first name Hollis, about 1 in 29,736. It ranks #2,441 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

HOLLIS

#2,441

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,157
About
1 in 29,736
This common or more
79.8%
Who bears it

Of the 10,157 people named Hollis, 77.3% reported their origin as White, 15.5% as Black and 3.6% as two or more races. 62.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hollis peaked in 2025, when 472 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
472
In 2025*
472
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 21,512 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Hollis by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #733. The largest share of babies named Hollis, 21.2%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1,30494
1890s#1,247160
1900s#876392
1910s#7491,852
1920s#7332,875
1930s#7962,265
1940s#9132,290
1950s#1,0362,469
1960s#1,6091,248
1970s#2,116870
1980s#2,610751
1990s#3,303727
2000s#3,816822
2010s#1,9492,386
2020s#1,4182,311
Before 19011.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2721.2%
Silent Generation 1928–4518.9%
Baby boom 1946–6419.5%
Generation X 1965–806.9%
Millennials 1981–965.5%
Generation Z 1997–127%
2013 and later19.6%

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 Hollis is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hollis has been most common in Alabama (4.9×), Mississippi (4.8×), and Tennessee (4×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.15×).

12,339 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.

Exactly as common as Hollis

1 other first name also has 10,157 people.

#2,441 Darien · 10,157

Either side of Hollis

#2,439 Giuseppe · 10,160#2,441 Darien · 10,157#2,443 Santa · 10,149#2,444 Sullivan · 10,147

Also a last name

As a last name, Hollis ranks #1,270 of 156,621, with 27,084 people. See Hollis as a last name

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