Holt
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning small wood, wooded hill; place name.
Babies a year
59
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Holt by the numbers
Holt was given to 59 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 68 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Holt. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Hoythigh; from a medieval surname100 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a forest or wood
Like Holt, each of these has a forest or wood in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sawyerone who saws wood; woodcutter5,531 in the US (2017)
- Silasof the forest, woods3,309 in the US (2017)
- Lennoxelm grove or from the place of the elms1,200 in the US (2017)
- Emberglowing piece of coal or wood192 in England and Wales (2025)
- Henleyhigh wood or clearing670 in the US (2017)
- Keithforest; from gaelic cèith582 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a mountain
Like Holt, each of these has a mountain in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Landonlong hill; open grassy hill6,390 in the US (2017)
- Brandonbeacon hill or gorse covered hill3,482 in the US (2017)
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
- Knoxround hill1,646 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Holt
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