# Holliday (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/holliday/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,491 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,748 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,067 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.1% (19,488 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname from the noun holiday. Compare Christmas, and by extension the French surname Noël, Noel.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Holliday in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 69% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 26% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Holliday in the United States.

## People named Holliday

- Polly Holliday, American actress
- Jennifer Holliday, American actress and singer
- Matt Holliday, American professional baseball player, outfielder
- Frederick W. M. Holliday, American politician (1828-1899)
- Kene Holliday, American actor

## Similar surnames

Holiday, Holladay, Halliday, Holaday, Hollywood, Holt, Held, Hallett, Howlett, Hulett, Hewlett, Heald.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.