Holden Boy
How popular is Holden?
#297 boy name in 2025
1,140 baby boys were named Holden in the US in 2025, making it the 297th most popular boy name. Another 6 girls got the name (#13,204 for girls).
Holden popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #297 for boys (▼ 16 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,140 boys, 6 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-9% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #291 in 2015, #227 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (1,732 boys) |
| Highest rank | #217 in 2018 |
| First recorded | 1902 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Holden counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Holden family of names ranked #292 for boys in 2025 (#280 the year before), with 1,157 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Holden | 1,140 | 99% |
| Holdyn | 17 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Holden is most popular
Babies named Holden per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 3.1 per 1,000 (100 boys)
- South Dakota: 2.9 per 1,000 (54 boys)
- Vermont: 2.2 per 1,000 (14 boys)
- Montana: 2.1 per 1,000 (37 boys)
- Nebraska: 2.0 per 1,000 (86 boys)
Holden by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1910s | 28 | #2,650 |
| 1920s | 68 | #2,613 |
| 1930s | 34 | #2,863 |
| 1940s | 32 | #3,130 |
| 1950s | 47 | #2,817 |
| 1960s | 70 | #2,779 |
| 1970s | 44 | #3,214 |
| 1980s | 526 | #793 |
| 1990s | 3,382 | #418 |
| 2000s | 7,305 | #334 |
| 2010s | 13,067 | #217 |
| 2020s | 7,899 | #227 |
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Questions
- Is Holden a boy or girl name?
- Holden is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Holden were boys.
- How popular is the name Holden?
- 1,140 baby boys were named Holden in the US in 2025, making it the 297th most popular boy name. Another 6 girls got the name (#13,204 for girls).
- When was Holden most popular?
- Holden peaked in 2018, when 1,732 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #217 in 2018.
- How many people are named Holden?
- 32,795 babies have been named Holden in the US since 1880. We estimate about 32,274 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Holden most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Holden was most common in West Virginia, at 3.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.