# Holden (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/holden/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhoʊldən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 32,795 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 32,507 / 288 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 269, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 12,598 |
| 2012 | 9 | 11,624 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12,422 |
| 2014 | 14 | 8,219 |
| 2015 | 13 | 8,637 |
| 2016 | 12 | 9,090 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8,478 |
| 2018 | 25 | 5,221 |
| 2019 | 17 | 6,833 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,141 |
| 2021 | 22 | 5,633 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,287 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7,396 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6,755 |
| 2025 | 6 | 13,841 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,114 | 299 |
| 2012 | 1,177 | 296 |
| 2013 | 1,206 | 289 |
| 2014 | 1,218 | 291 |
| 2015 | 1,254 | 291 |
| 2016 | 1,356 | 270 |
| 2017 | 1,531 | 242 |
| 2018 | 1,732 | 217 |
| 2019 | 1,468 | 250 |
| 2020 | 1,648 | 227 |
| 2021 | 1,507 | 236 |
| 2022 | 1,219 | 285 |
| 2023 | 1,176 | 286 |
| 2024 | 1,209 | 281 |
| 2025 | 1,140 | 297 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,117 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2018 | 21 | 1,235 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,587 |
| 2020 | 25 | 1,085 |
| 2021 | 21 | 1,250 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,609 |
| 2023 | 13 | 1,799 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1,758 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1,897 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.