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Holly

Girl#137 in 20245 lettersPeak 2002
367
Babies in 2024
-73%
10-year change
2002
Peak · 3.44k
-1%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 19962024
5.00k3.75k2.50k1.25k0200020052010201520202024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.

About the name Holly

Holly peaked among UK girls' names in the early 2000s (3,435 babies in 2002) and has remained in active use — 367 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.

Holly reached its peak in 2002, when 3,435 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #12 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 367 keeps the name in regular use.

Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 52,307 girls have been officially registered with the name Holly in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 8,854 girls were registered with the name, starting from 1,362 in 2014 and ending at 367 in 2024.

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