Holland

What Holland means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Holland yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Used for both: 80% of US babies named Holland in 2025 were girls Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Holland?

US: Rising: up from #838 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 550 girls got the name (#549 that year). First in the US records in 1918.

How common

• About 1 in 2,922 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 36,183 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SD (2.29 per 1,000 girls), UT (2.11 per 1,000 girls), ID (1.4 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Holland is #549 in the US and #3333 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 80.2% of US babies named Holland were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Hollynd11 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Holland

Girls

• Sutton#181“south + town”^*
• Eleanor#12possibly “other”^*
• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*
• Nova#46“new”^*
• Elena#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #106 in 2015, #42 in 2025. 5 letters, starting with a vowel
• Magnolia#124Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025

For a brother

• Ezra#20Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #93 in 2015, #20 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• August#81“month of August”^*
• Hayes#162“brushwood”^*
• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*
• Muhammad#239“praised, commendable, laudable”^*
• Maverick#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #184 in 2015, #49 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Holland’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.