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.

Holton

#4,638 most common boys' name of all time · #11,420 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–2025

Rank among boys
#4,638
Rank overall
#11,420 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
1,060
Since 2016
404
Peak year
2021 #2,555
Best rank
#2,555 2021
Girls Boys peak 51/yr
192019401960198020002020

Holton first appears in 1914. 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 — 40 40 #3,047
2024 — 40 40 #3,059
2023 — 47 47 #2,739
2022 — 31 31 #3,631
2021 — 51 51 #2,555
2020 — 46 46 #2,702
2019 — 37 37 #3,153
2018 — 34 34 #3,313
2017 — 43 43 #2,806
2016 — 35 35 #3,242
2015 — 43 43 #2,776
2014 — 30 30 #3,542
2013 — 34 34 #3,202
2012 — 30 30 #3,543
2011 — 42 42 #2,811
2010 — 36 36 #3,142
2009 — 29 29 #3,652
2008 — 20 20 #4,743
2007 — 25 25 #4,028
2006 — 17 17 #5,106
2005 — 19 19 #4,492
2004 — 28 28 #3,382
2003 — 21 21 #3,998
2002 — 16 16 #4,729
2001 — 15 15 #4,932
2000 — 13 13 #5,337
1999 — 12 12 #5,360
1998 — 16 16 #4,227
1997 — 16 16 #4,085
1996 — 12 12 #4,921
1995 — 12 12 #4,849
1994 — 6 6 #7,896
1993 — 15 15 #4,053
1992 — 9 9 #5,724
1991 — 11 11 #4,828
1990 — 5 5 #8,310
1989 — 10 10 #4,877
1986 — 5 5 #6,915
1957 — 6 6 #3,760
1951 — 5 5 #3,945
1946 — 6 6 #3,374
1944 — 5 5 #3,655
1943 — 6 6 #3,408
1941 — 5 5 #3,772
1938 — 5 5 #3,790
1936 — 7 7 #3,051
1935 — 5 5 #3,875
1929 — 5 5 #4,216
1926 — 6 6 #3,939
1925 — 6 6 #3,946
1924 — 10 10 #2,966
1922 — 6 6 #4,060
1919 — 6 6 #3,943
1918 — 7 7 #3,568
1915 — 6 6 #3,633
1914 — 7 7 #2,880