Holden — #281 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Holden

The Social Security Administration has registered 31,358 babies named Holden between 1902 and 2024, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Holden currently holds the #281 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 1,731 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Holden performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 13,064 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Holden shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,604 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Holden in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Holden in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 31,358 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.