Holton — #3047 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Holton

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,020 babies named Holton between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Holton currently holds the #3047 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 51 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Holton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 364 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Holton shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 101 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Holton in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Holton 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 1,020 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.