How Many People Are Named Holmes?
people named Holmes are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,691,219 people in the US has this name
Based on 610 babies named Holmes in Social Security records from 1880 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
24 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Holmes in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Holmes alive today is about 58 years old, and 62% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 45 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Holmes first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1915, to 24 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Holmes has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #867, in 1880.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #867 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,988 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Holmes alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Holmes were born in Virginia than in any other state: about 1 of those alive today.
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