Boys' name · since 1898
Holger
244 babies named Holger in U.S. Social Security records since 1898, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,820 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 244
- born since 1898
- 1910s
- peak decade
Holger sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 244 recorded since 1898.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Holger has been recorded 244 times among boys since 1898, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1898 to 2002.
- #11,820 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 244 born since 1898
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Holger ranks #11,820 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 244 born since 1898, peaking in the 1910s.
- #11,820 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 244
- born since 1898
- 1910s
- peak decade
Holger's 244 recorded births place it above 73.98% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Holger's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Holger's full recorded timeline at 1927, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1898, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1916 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Holger popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1898–2002
- Peak year (1916)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 105 years of records
Holger by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (83 births, 34% of the file).
1910s was Holger's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Holger births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
83 births
- 1920s
1920s
72 births
- 1930s 30
1930s
30 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 27
1960s
27 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 83 births (34% of all-time use).
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What to do with Holger's data
- Holger's decade-level peak was the 1910s (83 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Holger: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~104 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1898–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Holger draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.