# Hollis (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hollis/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 21,512 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 16,014 / 5,498 (26% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 27, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 60 | 2,882 |
| 2012 | 64 | 2,748 |
| 2013 | 98 | 1,994 |
| 2014 | 114 | 1,797 |
| 2015 | 106 | 1,912 |
| 2016 | 128 | 1,676 |
| 2017 | 153 | 1,470 |
| 2018 | 122 | 1,698 |
| 2019 | 127 | 1,660 |
| 2020 | 146 | 1,470 |
| 2021 | 167 | 1,335 |
| 2022 | 130 | 1,629 |
| 2023 | 162 | 1,389 |
| 2024 | 189 | 1,237 |
| 2025 | 206 | 1,132 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 102 | 1,551 |
| 2012 | 110 | 1,471 |
| 2013 | 126 | 1,348 |
| 2014 | 125 | 1,370 |
| 2015 | 176 | 1,102 |
| 2016 | 124 | 1,415 |
| 2017 | 186 | 1,065 |
| 2018 | 147 | 1,256 |
| 2019 | 182 | 1,096 |
| 2020 | 204 | 1,019 |
| 2021 | 201 | 1,066 |
| 2022 | 212 | 1,042 |
| 2023 | 220 | 1,000 |
| 2024 | 208 | 1,055 |
| 2025 | 266 | 894 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Hollis

- Hollis Conway, American high jumper
- Hollis Thompson, American basketball player (born 1991)
- Hollis Frampton, American filmmaker (1936-1984)
- Hollis Price, American basketball player (born 1979)
- Hollis B. Chenery, American economist (1918–1994)
- 2hollis, American rapper and singer
- Henry Hollis Horton, American politician, Tennessee (1866-1934)
- John H. Bankhead, American politician (1842-1920)
- John H. Bankhead II, American politician (1872–1946)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.