Over the past 110 years, 66 boys and 199 172 girls have been named Holly. The name Holly ranks 6525th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Holly in 1918. The peak of popularity of the name Holly came in the 1920s and 1980s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.