How Many People Are Named Holden?
people named Holden are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 10,605 people in the US has this name
Based on 32,795 babies named Holden in Social Security records from 1902 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,757 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "deep valley" in Old English. This is the name of the main character in J. D. Salinger's novel 'The Catcher in the Rye' (1951), Holden Caufield.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Holden, 0.9% were girls and 99.1% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Holden alive today is about 13 years old, and 93% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 19 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Holden first appears in the records in 1902 and was given most often in 2018, to 1,757 babies. In 2025, 1,146 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1902 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Holden has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #217, in 2018. In 2025 it ranked #297.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #297 |
| Best rank | #217 (2018) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #275 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Holden alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Holden were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,667 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Holden was given 2.3 times as often in South Dakota, 2.1 times in West Virginia and 2 times in North Carolina.
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