Holt

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Holt is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 82 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 820.00% of boys
Peak year: 201987 births
Best rank: —never in the top 1,000
Since 1906: 1,842people given the name

Babies named Holt, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

1,842 boys have been named Holt in the United States since 1906, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 87 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2019, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 34%.

By decade

Decade	boys named Holt
1900s	5
1910s	57
1920s	45
1930s	34
1940s	28
1950s	28
1960s	40
1970s	26
1980s	80
1990s	164
2000s	306
2010s	632
2020s	397

In 2019, its biggest year

Holt was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2019 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, William and Elijah. See all of 2019.

Names that rose and fell with Holt

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.