The first name Holger
A boy’s name.
2 syllables Male
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Holger at birth, 1880–2025
In 2002, 5 boys born in the United States were named Holger, the 11,331st most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1916, when 16 were.
244
babies named Holger since 1880
#11,331
rank in 2002
1916
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Holger
29 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Holger BadstuberGerman association football player (born 1989)
- Holger RuneDanish tennis player (born 2003)
- Holger PedersenDanish linguist (1867-1953)
- Holger OsieckGerman association football player and manager, born 1948
- Holger NielsenDanish sportsman (1866–1955)
- Holger HieronymusGerman footballer, born 1959
- Holger Bech NielsenDanish theoretical physicist and professor emeritus, born 1941
- Holger CzukayGerman bass-guitarist and co-founder of "Can" (1938-2017)
- Holger ThieleDanish American astronomer (1878–1946)
- Holger LöwenadlerActor (1904–1977)
- Holger FachGerman football player and manager, born 1962
- Holger-MadsenDanish film director and actor (1878-1943)
Questions
- Is Holger a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 244 US babies named Holger since 1880 were boys.
- When was Holger most popular?
- 1916 in the United States, when 16 babies were named Holger, its highest rank at 1,890th.