Holly

Girl name

Holly ranks #126 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 12 places, 648 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #59 for cats.

Holly's popularity trend

Holly's share of Allegheny County's licensed dogs, year by year — the place with the fullest records for this name. Share (its per-100k slice of that year's dogs) is the only figure comparable across years, since each year's counted population differs. Peak year by share: 2007.

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Year	Share
2025	0.16%
2024	0.17%
2023	0.18%
2022	0.19%
2021	0.18%
2020	0.2%
2019	0.19%
2018	0.2%
2017	0.21%
2016	0.22%
2015	0.23%
2014	0.23%
2013	0.23%
2012	0.23%
2011	0.25%
2010	0.24%
2009	0.24%
2008	0.26%
2007	0.27%

Licensed dogs in our data

648

across 12 places

Popularity rank

#126

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

−34

2020 → 2025

Gender split

99% girls

99% girls1% boys

Where Holly shows up

Holly's share of each place's counted dogs. Places count differently — hover a Share figure for the basis. Click a heading to sort.


BurnsideAustralia	0.7%
PlayfordAustralia	0.6%
AdelaideAustralia	0.4%
Port Adelaide EnfieldAustralia	0.3%
TorontoCanada	0.2%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.2%
WorcesterUnited States of America	0.1%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.1%
SeattleUnited States of America	0.1%
Basel-StadtSwitzerland	0.1%
ZürichSwitzerland	0.1%
CambridgeUnited States of America	0.0%

Names like Holly

Hollie Holiday Holland Holley Holli Molly Lilly Dolly Sally Tilly Milly Polly