girls:
6.8k births since 1918
#1995 (65th percentile)
boys:
2.9k births since 1888
#2328 (49th percentile)
overall:
9.7k births since 1888
#2719 (65th percentile)
The name Holland is the #2,719 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,707 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 64.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 64.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,995 (65.1% percentile) for all time with 6,784 births since 1918. For boys, it ranks #2,328 (49.2% percentile) for all time with 2,923 births since 1888.
Holland first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (1888 for boys and 1918 for girls). Birth data for Holland is available in 122 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023 (122 years for boys and 63 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Holland has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (69.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 82.5% of babies named Holland were girls. Interestingly, until around 1982, the name was more popular for boys (87.5% boys from 1888 to 1981), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (81.9% girls from 1982 to 2023).
For girls, Holland reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 48.1% percentile (ranked #492) with 297 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 297 births per million (ranked 48.1% percentile). Despite a peak around 2006, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Holland is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #492 (48.1% percentile) with 297 births per million.
For boys, Holland reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 11.6% percentile (ranked #817) with 60 births per million. The name was most common in 1893, with 74 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2004, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Holland ranks #806 for boys (11.5% percentile) with 60 births per million, which is 80.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Holland".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Holland. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.2% confident that Holland is pronounced as HAH-luhnd, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HAW-luhnd, at 9.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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