Hollis

Meaning: Holly trees
Origin: English surname

Boy's name · #894 in the US (2025) · Comeback

56% boys · 44% girls — Hollis is also given to girls: 206 in 2025, about 44% in recent years. Hollis →

Popularity over time

Hollis was #292 in 1908, slipped to #2974 by 2004, and has climbed back to #894 today. Roughly 16,000 boys have been named Hollis since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 25 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,718 in Canada (2025) · #2,144 in Sweden (2025) · #5,137 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,465 in Austria (2024) · #6,370 in Ecuador (2009).

Famous Hollises

Hollis B. Chenery — American economist (1918–1994)
Hollis Frampton — American filmmaker (1936–1984)
Hollis Thomas — American football player and coach (born 1974)
Hollis Thompson — American basketball player (born 1991)
Hollis Price — American basketball player (born 1979)

What Hollises become

Among 70 notable people named Hollis:

No single standout — notable Hollises spread across many fields.

Similar names: Booker · Ollie · Foster · Ellis · Olin · Harris

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