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.

Holmes

#6,491 most common boys' name of all time · #16,238 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2024

Rank among boys
#6,491
Rank overall
#16,238 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
610
Since 2016
22
Peak year
1915 #1,379
Best rank
#873 1880
Girls Boys peak 24/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Holmes is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 — 6 6 #10,959
2022 — 5 5 #12,357
2021 — 5 5 #12,182
2019 — 6 6 #10,819
2013 — 8 8 #8,812
1980 — 5 5 #6,296
1971 — 5 5 #4,942
1970 — 5 5 #4,759
1968 — 6 6 #3,704
1956 — 7 7 #3,247
1955 — 8 8 #2,985
1954 — 7 7 #3,201
1953 — 9 9 #2,734
1951 — 9 9 #2,684
1950 — 9 9 #2,596
1949 — 5 5 #3,724
1947 — 10 10 #2,516
1945 — 9 9 #2,415
1944 — 8 8 #2,665
1943 — 13 13 #2,088
1942 — 7 7 #2,967
1941 — 14 14 #1,914
1940 — 10 10 #2,346
1939 — 10 10 #2,318
1938 — 11 11 #2,203
1937 — 9 9 #2,502
1936 — 10 10 #2,327
1935 — 8 8 #2,742
1933 — 19 19 #1,599
1932 — 18 18 #1,727
1931 — 9 9 #2,675
1930 — 9 9 #2,813
1929 — 13 13 #2,219
1928 — 13 13 #2,294
1927 — 18 18 #1,878
1926 — 17 17 #1,918
1925 — 23 23 #1,589
1924 — 13 13 #2,360
1923 — 15 15 #2,137
1922 — 12 12 #2,494
1921 — 23 23 #1,598
1920 — 20 20 #1,757
1919 — 21 21 #1,633
1918 — 20 20 #1,718
1917 — 17 17 #1,832
1916 — 19 19 #1,650
1915 — 24 24 #1,379
1914 — 15 15 #1,620
1913 — 7 7 #2,302
1912 — 12 12 #1,437
1907 — 5 5 #1,378
1903 — 7 7 #956
1902 — 6 6 #1,054
1884 — 5 5 #1,009
1880 — 6 6 #873