How rare is the name Holden?

23,449 people in the United States have the first name Holden, about 1 in 12,880. It ranks #1,446 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HOLDEN

#1,446

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
23,449
About
1 in 12,880
This common or more
74.8%
Who bears it

Of the 23,449 people named Holden, 86.2% reported their origin as White, 5.3% as two or more races and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Holden peaked in 2018, when 1,757 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19022025
Peak year
2018
Births that year
1,757
In 2025*
1,146 ▼35%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 32,795 babies have been given the name since 1902. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Holden by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #498. The largest share of babies named Holden, 54.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1900s#4,9315
1910s#7,38928
1920s#6,57968
1930s#7,53634
1940s#8,11632
1950s#8,27447
1960s#7,75970
1970s#12,66444
1980s#3,311526
1990s#1,2103,401
2000s#8057,361
2010s#52213,196
2020s#4987,983
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–800.3%
Millennials 1981–967.2%
Generation Z 1997–1237.4%
2013 and later54.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Holden is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Holden has been most common in Utah (2.6×), North Carolina (2.1×), and Idaho (1.8×), and least common in New Mexico (0.26×).

30,765 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Holden

#1,444 Kali · 23,482#1,445 Mabel · 23,468#1,447 Aisha · 23,439#1,448 Stefan · 23,384

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Holden, most common first.

#19,928 Holdyn · 524#30,089 Holten · 291

Also a last name

As a last name, Holden ranks #1,048 of 156,621, with 32,979 people. See Holden as a last name

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