Masculine dossier · first seen 1902

Holden

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Holden
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2018

Peak rank proxy

1,731

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Alpha

1902Peak 20182024

Peak year

2018

Decline from peak

30.4%

2024

1,205

All-time

31,358

Holden has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2018, when 1,731 boys were named Holden.

In 2024, only 1,205 boys were given the name.

Down 30.4% from its peak.

All told, about 31,358 Americans have been named Holden and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1902.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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