Holden
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning from the hollow valley.
How Holden has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #291 |
| 2016 | #270 |
| 2017 | #242 |
| 2018 | #218 |
| 2019 | #250 |
| 2020 | #227 |
| 2021 | #236 |
| 2022 | #283 |
| 2023 | #286 |
| 2024 | #281 |
| 2025 | #297 |
Holden by the numbers
In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Holden. In the US, 1,531 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Holden. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Holdynfrom the hollow valley; a modern respelling of Holden49 in the US (2017)
- Haldenhalf a valley; dweller in half a dale5 in the US (2017)
- Holten20 in the US (2017)
- Holdon6 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Haidenheather-covered hill; a modern form of Hayden207 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Holden, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Wesleywestern meadow3,607 in the US (2017)
- Ryleerye clearing; a respelling of Ryley2,971 in the US (2017)
- Camdenenclosed valley2,786 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Holden
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