Holt

#1,919 for boys in 2025, 81 births

Peak · boys
1906 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,924
since 1906

Holt over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Holt has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201906peak #1,253, 1906boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,91981
2024#1,90283
2023#1,87584
2022#1,89283
2021#1,96476
2020#1,97772
2019#1,77787
2018#1,87280
2017#2,24059
2016#2,06668
2015#2,08667
2014#2,40253
2013#2,22558
2012#2,20959
2011#2,50449
2010#2,40252
2009#2,48651
2008#2,94640
2007#2,86841
2006#3,08335
2005#3,44728
2004#3,63625
2003#3,11930
2002#4,50217
2001#3,97420
2000#4,06619
1999#3,83419
1998#3,70819
1997#3,73818
1996#2,44132
1995#5,12411
1994#4,29014
1993#5,36010
1992#2,59927
1991#6,5197
1990#6,4157
1989#3,09419
1988#4,16211
1987#2,94217
1986
1985#4,3339
1984#4,5528
1983#5,4846
1982#3,96610
1981
1980
1979
1978#4,1578
1977#4,1648
1976
1975#5,4645
1974
1973
1972
1971#4,9075
1970
1969
1968#3,6736
1967#3,2317
1966
1965#3,9305
1964
1963#2,8589
1962#3,3057
1961#3,6526
1960
1959
1958
1957
1956#3,9425
1955#3,8865
1954#3,4526
1953
1952#3,3736
1951#3,3646
1950
1949
1948
1947#2,8628
1946#3,1736
1945
1944
1943#2,5639
1942#3,5605
1941
1940
1939
1938
1937#3,5185
1936#2,8547
1935
1934#2,9737
1933
1932#3,7765
1931#3,7635
1930#4,0015
1929
1928#3,3577
1927#4,2105
1926#3,7086
1925
1924
1923#2,77210
1922
1921#3,5177
1920#2,76510
1919#2,8779
1918#2,54311
1917#3,2177
1916
1915#3,0827
1914#2,6517
1913#2,8215
1912#2,5445
1911#1,5376
1910
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1906#1,2535
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First appearance
1906

The first year at least five boys were named Holt! It came in at #1,253, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1906–1910, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Holt
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 17 spots since 2024 (#1,902#1,919)
  • 58 spots since 2020 (#1,977#1,919)
  • 167 spots since 2015 (#2,086#1,919)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1906
  • Peaked 1906 at #1,253 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1907, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,364
  • Highest: 1 in 20,364 boys born in 2023 were named Holt (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 21,087 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,253 in 1906, was only 1 in 26,631 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 32.8% of all boys named Holt (632) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s5#1,253 (1906)#1,253
1910s57#1,537 (1911)#2,659
1920s45#2,765 (1920)#3,388
1930s34#2,854 (1936)#3,481
1940s28#2,563 (1943)#3,040
1950s28#3,364 (1951)#3,603
1960s40#2,858 (1963)#3,442
1970s26#4,157 (1978)#4,673
1980s80#2,942 (1987)#4,076
1990s164#2,441 (1996)#4,403
2000s306#2,486 (2009)#3,413
2010s632#1,777 (2019)#2,178
2020s479#1,875 (2023)#1,922

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.

Holt in 1906

boys
#1,253
5 births · 1 in 26,631 boys

Top boys' names in 1906

  1. #1John8,264
  2. #2William6,566
  3. #3James5,908
  4. #4George4,201
  5. #5Robert3,635
  6. #6Charles3,607
  7. #7Joseph3,527
  8. #8Frank2,798
  9. #9Edward2,398
  10. #10Thomas2,176
  11. #1,253Holt5
More about 1906

boys

133,154 boys got a published name in 1906; 1 in 26,631 of them was named Holt, which outranked 11.3% of the 1,413 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Holt
  1. #1,111Ysidro6
  2. #1,111Zeb6
  3. #1,111Zollie6
  4. #1,253Holt5
  5. #1,253Adrien5
  6. #1,253Alger5
  7. #1,253Almond5

Tied with 160 names at #1,253; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. 665Sheldon#1,233#568
  2. 568Rudy#1,091#523
  3. 530Mac#1,002#472
  4. 524Llewellyn#1,233#709
  5. 524Casey#1,233#709
Fallers
  1. 661Price#592#1,253
  2. 617Foy#636#1,253
  3. 587Benton#666#1,253
  4. 554Cruz#699#1,253
  5. 554Larkin#699#1,253

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

See the top 100 for 1906