Holland
Pronounced HH AA1 L AH0 N D (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2023
- 107 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Holland?
Holland is a girls' name, and first appears in 1918. It has been given to 10,362 children — the 1,681st most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2023, when 520 children were given it.
Haaland is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Holland and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Haaland
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- HH AA1 L AH0 N D
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Holland
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Holland
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Holland?
- Holland ranks 1,681st among girls' names in US records, with 10,362 births since 1918. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,018.
- Is Holland a unisex name?
- No. Holland is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Holland most popular?
- 2023, when 520 children were given the name. It has been in use for 107 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Holland spelled?
- Haaland. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.