Holy

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Holy: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Holy: Recorded since 2005, it reached #1,914 in 2008, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#1914highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2005–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#4798
2008	#1914
2009	#4564
2010	#5707
2011	#4049
2013	#4739
2014	#4684
2016	#5785
2017	#3229
2018	#5666
2022	#5669
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 12 of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #4798 among girls in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2005–2024
Highest recorded position: #1914 among girls in England and Wales, in 2008 (recorded 2005–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Holy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Holy in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	20	3 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	29	7 of 10	4
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Holy appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1914 in England and Wales in 2008.

Holy's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1914	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2005 and 2024, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,914, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2008Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Holly-Rose · #1991, 17y
Honey · #152, 30y
Honey-Rose · #1956, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Morenike · #1914, 16y
Sihaam · #1914, 17y
Finleigh · #1911, 17y
Rahand · #1911, 15y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Sihaam · #1914, 17y
Casi · #1911, 20y
Gurshaan · #1911, 22y
Rahand · #1911, 15y

Holy and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Holy without appearing here.

Holy moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Dianne Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4684 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Holy

Noah Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3229 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2499.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4684 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2757.
Maren Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3229 and #5765 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #3518.

Moved the opposite way to Holy

Ezra Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Holy went from #1914 to #4843 while Ezra went from #3397 to #1302.
Marilyn Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Holy went from #1914 to #4843 while Marilyn went from #3397 to #1541.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1914 in England and Wales in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Holy

Holy at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Holy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Holy at a glance

Holy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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