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✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Holy

Used in both girl and boy records

Holy appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Holy by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDHoly as a girl’s nameUS records 1975–2024
#18223girl rank2014peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDHoly as a boy’s nameUS records 2015–2023
#24317boy rank2018peak year
Read boy record ↗

Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Holy in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl201415 uses#717119751975–202015 listed years
Boy201810 uses#759420182015–20182 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.