Holden

What Holden means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Holden yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Steady in the US: #291 in 2015 and #297 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Holden?

US: Steady: #291 in 2015, #297 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2483 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 1,648 boys got the name (#227 that year). First in the US records in 1902.

How common

• About 1 in 1,498 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 20,918 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (4.59 per 1,000 boys), WV (3.41 per 1,000 boys), ND (2.98 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Holden is #297 in the US and #1897 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.5% of US babies named Holden were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Holton40 US
• Holten18 US
• Holdyn17 US
• Halden10 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Holden

Boys

• Zayne#473Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1982, with 6 babies
• Tucker#181Editor’s note Steady in the US: #186 in 2015 and #181 in 2025
• Easton#110“east + settlement”^*
• Jaxon#115Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #115 in 2025
• Braxton#172Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #172 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Nolan#65“descendant of Nuallán”^*

For a sister

• Brinley#608Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #608 vs #5,927 in 2025
• Kensley#741Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1987, with 8 babies
• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Kinslee#955Variant of Kinsley, meaning “Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland…^*
• Karsyn#718Editor’s note Used for both: 70% of US babies named Karsyn in 2025 were girls
• Hadley#121“heath + woodland clearing”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Holden’s. Rank is US 2025.