Is Holmes a boy or girl name?

Holmes is a boy’s name. Of the 610 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Holmes

Recorded 1880–2024 · United States

Holmes was most popular in 1915, when 24 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,712 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 610 people named Holmes.

Holmes over time

Births per year. The dot marks Holmes’s peak in 1915. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Holmes a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Holmes is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 610 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org