Meaning and history
From an English surname derived from Middle English holis meaning “holly trees,” originally given to someone who lived near a group of such trees.
20062006: 58 births, rank #2,205
2007: 66 births, rank #2,071
2008: 73 births, rank #1,948
2009: 76 births, rank #1,889
2010: 87 births, rank #1,739
20112011: 102 births, rank #1,544
2012: 110 births, rank #1,466
2013: 126 births, rank #1,345
2014: 125 births, rank #1,362
2015: 176 births, rank #1,100
20162016: 124 births, rank #1,413
2017: 186 births, rank #1,064
2018: 147 births, rank #1,255
2019: 182 births, rank #1,094
2020: 204 births, rank #1,017
20212021: 201 births, rank #1,064
2022: 212 births, rank #1,042
2023: 220 births, rank #1,000
2024: 208 births, rank #1,055
20252025: 266 births, rank #893
Hollis rose from #1000 to #894 for boys between 2023 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1921, with 294 births.