girls:
157 births since 1975
#5559 (3rd percentile)
boys:
22 births since 2015
#4564 (0th percentile)
overall:
179 births since 1975
#7560 (2nd percentile)
The name Holy is the #7,560 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 179 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 2.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,559 (2.7% percentile) for all time with 157 births since 1975. For boys, it ranks #4,564 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 2015.
Holy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (1975 for girls and 2015 for boys). Birth data for Holy is available in 18 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023 (18 years for girls and 3 years for boys). 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 Holy has been given predominantly to girls, with 87.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 50.0% of babies named Holy were girls.
For girls, Holy reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #957) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 8 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Holy ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 51.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Holy reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #908) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Holy ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 74.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Holy".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Holy is pronounced as HOH-lee, which has 2 syllables.
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