Holdyn vs Holli
American parents have registered 8,748 Hollis since 1880, against 743 Holdyns. But in 2025 it was Holdyn that was commoner, 17 babies to 12.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Holdyn Holli
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 79 years in which either name was published, Holli for 67 years and Holdyn for 12 years. The lead changed hands once.
Side by side
| Holdyn | Holli | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 743 | 8,748 |
| Most in one year | 50 | 288 |
| Babies in 2025 | 17 | 12 |
| Estimated living today | 740 | 8,300 |
| Median age today | 9 | 43 |
| Peak year | 2023 | 1983 |
| Best rank | 2,895th boys | 616th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 5,399th | 8,362nd |
| First recorded | 1993 | 1946 |
| Girls / boys | 53 / 690 | 8,743 / 5 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Hollis alive today are over 43; half the Holdyns are over 9. That is 34 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Holdyn and Holli.