Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Holden

#643 most common boys' name of all time · #1,435 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1902–2025

Rank among boys
#643
Rank overall
#1,435 of 105,966
First appeared
1902
Years on the list
94 of 146
All-time
32,795
Since 2016
14,137
Peak year
2018 #217
Best rank
#217 2018
Girls Boys peak 1,757/yr
192019401960198020002020

Holden first appears in 1902. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 6 1,140 1,146 #297
2024 17 1,209 1,226 #281
2023 15 1,176 1,191 #286
2022 11 1,219 1,230 #285
2021 22 1,507 1,529 #236
2020 13 1,648 1,661 #227
2019 17 1,468 1,485 #250
2018 25 1,732 1,757 #217
2017 13 1,531 1,544 #242
2016 12 1,356 1,368 #270
2015 13 1,254 1,267 #291
2014 14 1,218 1,232 #291
2013 8 1,206 1,214 #289
2012 9 1,177 1,186 #296
2011 8 1,114 1,122 #299
2010 10 1,011 1,021 #316
2009 8 955 963 #336
2008 5 877 882 #357
2007 8 812 820 #378
2006 777 777 #385
2005 8 830 838 #357
2004 9 747 756 #371
2003 6 619 625 #415
2002 614 614 #413
2001 6 547 553 #442
2000 6 527 533 #452
1999 8 542 550 #431
1998 6 562 568 #418
1997 451 451 #477
1996 323 323 #567
1995 299 299 #597
1994 5 298 303 #604
1993 267 267 #632
1992 224 224 #694
1991 234 234 #662
1990 182 182 #756
1989 146 146 #821
1988 143 143 #794
1987 107 107 #909
1986 58 58 #1,273
1985 16 16 #2,973
1984 17 17 #2,731
1983 7 7 #4,968
1982 12 12 #3,511
1981 9 9 #4,205
1980 11 11 #3,662
1979 6 6 #5,454
1978 12 12 #3,250
1977 5 5 #5,957
1976 7 7 #4,505
1975 8 8 #4,000
1973 6 6 #4,606
1969 9 9 #3,136
1968 8 8 #3,161
1966 6 6 #3,621
1965 9 9 #2,839
1964 5 5 #4,141
1963 9 9 #2,917
1962 8 8 #3,109
1961 8 8 #3,164
1960 8 8 #3,152
1958 9 9 #2,889
1957 7 7 #3,332
1956 7 7 #3,320
1955 7 7 #3,283
1954 5 5 #3,937
1953 6 6 #3,529
1951 6 6 #3,469
1949 5 5 #3,806
1947 5 5 #3,841
1943 5 5 #3,648
1942 6 6 #3,307
1941 5 5 #3,630
1940 6 6 #3,238
1938 5 5 #3,647
1937 5 5 #3,642
1936 5 5 #3,678
1935 5 5 #3,757
1932 6 6 #3,464
1931 8 8 #2,954
1929 5 5 #4,071
1928 9 9 #2,929
1927 6 6 #3,874
1924 5 5 #4,461
1923 11 11 #2,675
1922 11 11 #2,710
1921 11 11 #2,702
1920 10 10 #2,833
1918 5 5 #4,284
1917 5 5 #4,095
1915 6 6 #3,491
1914 7 7 #2,733
1913 5 5 #2,954
1902 5 5 #1,309