Holden

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Holden: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Holden: Recorded since 1999, its highest recorded position is #619, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#619highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2425
2000	#2501
2001	#1949
2003	#3467
2004	#3651
2005	#2754
2006	#3385
2007	#2211
2008	#1828
2009	#1494
2010	#3865
2011	#2613
2012	#2117
2013	#2403
2014	#3895
2015	#2483
2016	#1804
2017	#1627
2018	#1235
2019	#1587
2020	#1085
2021	#1250
2022	#1609
2023	#1799
2024	#1758

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 25 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

In 2024: #619 among boys in Scotland, #1758 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2425 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1758 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Holden by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Holden in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	59	9 of 10	7
2010s	105	10 of 10	11
2020sbusiest	88	5 of 10	18

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 18 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Holden appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #619 in Scotland in 2024.

Holden's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1799	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1609	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1250	21	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1085	25	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1587	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1235	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1804	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2117	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1494	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1999 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #619, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 25 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Dougal · #619, 27y
Othniel · #619, 22y
Zuriel · #619, 23y
Anjolaoluwa · #620, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Dougal · #619, 27y
Khai · #619, 28y
Milli · #619, 28y
Aderinsola · #620, 15y

Holden was ranked #619 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Holden and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Holden without appearing here.

Holden moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1799 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #5119.
Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3385 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1494 and #4527.
Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2483 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1804 and #4810.
Rodney Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2613 and #2613 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2117 and #4805.

Moved ahead of Holden

Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1250 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1609 and #967.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1609 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1799 and #1363.
Aksel Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1250 and #1688 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1609 and #1224.
Arlo Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #2501 and #2142.

Moved the opposite way to Holden

Brooke Compare
Between 1999 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Holden went from #2425 to #1085 while Brooke went from #1664 to #4608.

Moved the same way as Holden

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Holden went from #3385 to #1758 and Aksel from #4052 to #1132.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #619 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Holden

Holden at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Holden by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Holden at a glance

Holden by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Holden

Holden and the names beside it

Holden moved ahead of

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