Meaning and history
From a surname originally derived from a place name meaning “deep valley” in Old English, this name is best known from Holden Caulfield, the main character in J. D. Salinger’s 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye.
20062006: 777 births, rank #385
2007: 812 births, rank #378
2008: 877 births, rank #357
2009: 955 births, rank #334
2010: 1,011 births, rank #316
20112011: 1,114 births, rank #299
2012: 1,177 births, rank #296
2013: 1,206 births, rank #289
2014: 1,218 births, rank #291
2015: 1,254 births, rank #291
20162016: 1,356 births, rank #270
2017: 1,531 births, rank #242
2018: 1,732 births, rank #217
2019: 1,468 births, rank #250
2020: 1,648 births, rank #227
20212021: 1,507 births, rank #236
2022: 1,219 births, rank #285
2023: 1,176 births, rank #286
2024: 1,209 births, rank #281
20252025: 1,140 births, rank #297
Holden moved from #281 to #297 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2018, with 1,732 births.