How common is the surname Holliday?

20,491 people in the United States had the surname Holliday in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,067 Americans. It ranked 1,748th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Holliday?

Polly Holliday, American actress, followed by Jennifer Holliday.

Where is the surname Holliday most common?

Wikidata records people named Holliday in the United States.

Is the surname Holliday getting more or less common?

More common. 19,488 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,491 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Holliday

A surname, carried by 20,491 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Holliday is more common than 98.9% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 20,491 people named Holliday in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,067 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,488.

#1,748

rank among US surnames

20,491

people in 2010

7.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,686)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,739	Guidry	20,600	14,988
#1,740	Yee	20,591	14,994
#1,741	Kruse	20,584	14,999
#1,742	McMullen	20,545	15,028
#1,743	Hurd	20,540	15,031
#1,744	Castle	20,534	15,036
#1,745	Valdes	20,527	15,041

Who is named Holliday

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

69% of people named Holliday identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hollidays

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Polly Holliday
American actress, 1937–2025
Jennifer Holliday
American actress and singer, born 1960
Matt Holliday
American professional baseball player, outfielder, born 1980
Frederick W. M. Holliday
American politician (1828-1899)
Kene Holliday
American actor, born 1949

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Holliday

Holliday has the Soundex code H430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H430.

Questions

Where does the surname Holliday come from?: English surname from the noun holiday. Compare Christmas, and by extension the French surname Noël, Noel.
How common is the surname Holliday?: 20,491 people in the United States had the surname Holliday in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,067 Americans. It ranked 1,748th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Holliday?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Holliday identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Holliday?: Polly Holliday, American actress, followed by Jennifer Holliday.
Where is the surname Holliday most common?: Wikidata records people named Holliday in the United States.
Is the surname Holliday getting more or less common?: More common. 19,488 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,491 in 2010, up 5.1%.