Holden

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Holden is an English given name that comes from a surname meaning "deep valley" in Old English. The most well-known use of Holden as a given name is in J. D. Salinger's 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye, in which the protagonist bears the name Holden Caulfield.

From Wikipedia

Holden first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 162 babies (rank #226 that year). In 2024 it was given to 104 boys (rank #318). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Holden

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Holden yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

2,504
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
162
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19916#1,603
199218#796
199312#1,073
199422#670
199522#760
199622#748
199723#708
199815#955
199934#552
200033#566
200134#575
200243#486
200355#414
200447#479
200564#380
200671#375
200775#381
200872#405
2009115#274
201099#311
201192#333
2012103#311
2013104#310
2014162#226
2015109#306
2016128#277
2017148#250
2018152#237
2019108#305
2020123#274
2021116#298
2022102#311
202371#413
2024104#318