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Holden

Pronounced /ˈhəʊldən/

Rank in 2024
#281
Born in 2024
1,205
Peak year
2018 · #217
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 1,205 boys were named Holden, about 1 in every 1,423.
  • It peaked in 2018 with 1,731 babies, ranked #217.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1902.
  • 31,358 boys have been named Holden since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Holden per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
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    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.4
    Gen Z
  7. 0.8
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 87 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 70 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 95 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 87 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,341 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen Z: 12,162 babies, 0.39 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 16,516 babies, 0.76 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈhəʊldən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Holden, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoySteady

    Alden

    Rank
    #578
    Born '24
    492
    Origin
    Old English
    1880peak 20242024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Elden

    Rank
    #2,977
    Born '24
    42
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19222024