Holston — #3957 US boys' name
264 babies named Holston in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 72% of names given to boys today.
58% of everyone ever named Holston was born in this single decade.
40 babies were named Holston in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Holston
The Social Security Administration has registered 264 babies named Holston between 2007 and 2024, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Holston currently holds the #3957 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 40 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Holston performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 154 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Holston shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 51 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Holston in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Holston 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 264 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.
Holston at a glance
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Current rank
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Holston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2007
- Peak year (2023)
- 40
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
Currently ranks #3957 among boys.
264 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 40 births in a single year.
Holston by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 154 births that decade — 58% of Holston's all-time total
Holston decade highlights
- Peak decade 154 births
- Runner-up 94 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Holston's strongest decade
154 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Holston by state
Where Holston concentrates geographically — total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 51 | 19.3% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.9% |
| #3 | South Carolina | | 5 | 1.9% |
51 of 264 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Tennessee 19.3% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.9% of nationwide
- South Carolina 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Tennessee accounts for 19.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2007–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.