Holden

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #297 for boys in 2025, 1,140 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time

Showing
Show data for
Peak · boys
2018 · 1,732 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
32,507
since 1902

Holden over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Holden has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202025peak #217, 2018boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086#2971,140
2024#6,64217#2811,209
2023#7,24715#2861,176
2022#9,05611#2851,219
2021#5,57322#2361,507
2020#7,96913#2271,648
2019#6,69817#2501,468
2018#5,15225#2171,732
2017#8,29913#2421,531
2016#8,87512#2701,356
2015#8,44713#2911,254
2014#8,05314#2911,218
2013#11,9698#2891,206
2012#11,2579#2961,177
2011#12,1538#2991,114
2010#10,45110#3161,011
2009#12,4298#334955
2008#17,5045#357877
2007#12,6768#378812
2006#385777
2005#11,8348#356830
2004#10,6909#371747
2003#13,8446#415619
2002#413614
2001#13,5216#442547
2000#13,1546#451527
1999#10,3458#430542
1998#12,4266#418562
1997#477451
1996#565323
1995#596299
1994#13,4305#602298
1993#630267
1992#692224
1991#662234
1990#755182
1989#819146
1988#794143
1987#908107
1986#1,26958
1985#2,94216
1984#2,70617
1983#4,9077
1982#3,48212
1981#4,1539
1980#3,61511
1979#5,3556
1978#3,21512
1977#5,8455
1976#4,4187
1975#3,9418
1974
1973#4,5056
1972
1971
1970
1969#3,0629
1968#3,1078
1967
1966#3,5376
1965#2,7809
1964#4,0395
1963#2,8589
1962#3,0418
1961#3,0978
1960#3,0778
1959
1958#2,8189
1957#3,2577
1956#3,2167
1955#3,2017
1954#3,8275
1953#3,4256
1952
1951#3,3646
1950
1949#3,6905
1948
1947#3,7335
1946
1945
1944
1943#3,5385
1942#3,2126
1941#3,5055
1940#3,1306
1939
1938#3,5345
1937#3,5185
1936#3,5495
1935#3,6455
1934
1933
1932#3,3616
1931#2,8648
1930
1929#3,9595
1928#2,8439
1927#3,7806
1926
1925
1924#4,3475
1923#2,61411
1922#2,63011
1921#2,63211
1920#2,76510
1919
1918#4,1795
1917#3,9815
1916
1915#3,3926
1914#2,6517
1913#2,8215
1912
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902#1,1375
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1902

The first year at least five boys were named Holden! It came in at #1,137, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1902–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Holden
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 16 spots since 2024 (#281#297)
  • 70 spots since 2020 (#227#297)
  • 6 spots since 2015 (#291#297)
  • Biggest jump: 361 spots in 1987 (#1,269#908)
  • Biggest drop: 49 spots in 2022 (#236#285)
Rise & fade · boys
116 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1902
  • Peaked 2018 at #217 (1,732 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 39 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1987–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,047
  • Highest: 1 in 1,047 boys born in 2020 were named Holden (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,498 boys born in 2025 (0.07%)
  • Its best rank, #217 in 2018, was only 1 in 1,049 (0.10%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 40.2% of all boys named Holden (13,067) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s5#1,137 (1902)#1,137
1910s28#2,651 (1914)#3,405
1920s68#2,614 (1923)#3,196
1930s34#2,864 (1931)#3,412
1940s32#3,130 (1940)#3,468
1950s47#2,818 (1958)#3,301
1960s70#2,780 (1965)#3,178
1970s44#3,215 (1978)#4,547
1980s526#794 (1988)#2,560
1990s3,382#418 (1998)#583
2000s7,305#334 (2009)#390
2010s13,067#217 (2018)#276
2020s7,899#227 (2020)#269

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Holden in 2025

girls
#13,208
6 births · 1 in 267,878 girls
boys
#297
1,140 births · 1 in 1,498 boys

Top girls' names in 2025

  1. #1Olivia13,544
  2. #2Charlotte13,400
  3. #3Emma12,754
  4. #4Amelia12,699
  5. #5Sophia12,561
  6. #6Mia11,078
  7. #7Isabella10,666
  8. #8Evelyn9,123
  9. #9Sofia8,252
  10. #10Eliana8,191
  11. #13,208Holden6

Top boys' names in 2025

  1. #1Liam20,818
  2. #2Noah20,358
  3. #3Oliver14,939
  4. #4Theodore13,355
  5. #5Henry12,020
  6. #6James11,945
  7. #7Elijah11,111
  8. #8Mateo11,045
  9. #9William10,545
  10. #10Lucas10,219
  11. #297Holden1,140
More about 2025

girls

1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 267,878 of them was named Holden, which outranked 23.6% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).

Ranked beside Holden
  1. #11,932Zyaria7
  2. #11,932Zyleigh7
  3. #11,932Zyniah7
  4. #13,208Holden6
  5. #13,208Aadhirai6
  6. #13,208Aadhyasri6
  7. #13,208Aafia6
  8. #14,942Aadhini5
  9. #14,942Aadriti5
  10. #14,942Aaima5

Tied with 1,733 names at #13,208; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2024
Risers
  1. 1,390Klarity#2,178#788
  2. 1,211Rynlee#1,966#755
  3. 963Ailanny#1,895#932
  4. 928Naylani#1,823#895
  5. 861Madisson#1,180#319
Fallers
  1. 353Aubrie#999#1,352
  2. 307Cattleya#904#1,211
  3. 272Jaycee#878#1,150
  4. 248Zendaya#938#1,186
  5. 233Novalee#742#975

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 1,498 of them was named Holden, which outranked 97.9% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).

Ranked beside Holden
  1. #294Kenneth1,148
  2. #295Kaleb1,143
  3. #295Kohen1,143
  4. #297Holden1,140
  5. #298Sonny1,137
  6. #299Preston1,131
  7. #300Clayton1,130
Biggest movers since 2024
Risers
  1. 1,096Kasai#1,735#639
  2. 1,089Akari#1,631#542
  3. 787Eziah#1,397#610
  4. 772Jasai#1,211#439
  5. 648Neithan#1,371#723
Fallers
  1. 265Karim#819#1,084
  2. 235Khaza#961#1,196
  3. 231Landen#813#1,044
  4. 229Khai#947#1,176
  5. 227Seven#891#1,118

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2025