Holden

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Holden is ranked 281st among boys in 2024 (1,205 births). Its best rank was 217th, in 2018.

Rank in 2024: #281up 5 from 2023
Births in 2024: 1,2050.07% of boys
Peak year: 20181,731 births
Best rank: #217in 2018
Since 1902: 31,358people given the name

Babies named Holden, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

31,358 boys have been named Holden in the United States since 1902, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2018, with 1,731 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2013, and the 2010s alone account for 42%. It has spent 38 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Holden
1900s	5
1910s	28
1920s	68
1930s	34
1940s	32
1950s	47
1960s	70
1970s	44
1980s	525
1990s	3,382
2000s	7,305
2010s	13,064
2020s	6,754

In 2018, its biggest year

Holden was the 217th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2018 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Oliver. See all of 2018.

Names that rose and fell with Holden

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.