Holloway
The Story of Holloway
As a girl name
Holloway first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2020, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2020: 6 births, good for #13,441 nationwide. Holloway last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 6 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2020s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Holloway first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1914, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1914: 5 births, good for #3,264 nationwide. About 50% of every Holloway on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Holloway last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 20 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Holloway
Holloway is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 20 births in the dataset. Holloway's peak popularity came in 1914 when it ranked #3,264. Use the chart and map above to compare Holloway's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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