Holsten
Boy · HOHL-sten · Germanic
Holsten is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “forest dwellers”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Holsten mean?
Germanic: German surname from the region of Holstein
“forest dwellers”
The Holsten were the people of Holstein in north Germany; Lübeck's medieval Holstentor gate is named after them.
- Say it
- HOHL-sten
Is Holsten a girl's or a boy's name?
Holsten is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Holsten in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Holsten, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 2014.
Half of all the boys named Holsten in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 57 boys in the US were given Holsten or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,037, up from #6,442 for this spelling alone.
Holsten in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
Names like Holsten
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Henry Otto Charlie Emmett August Archie Everett Houston Alonzo Chozen Harvey Ellis
Other spellings of Holsten
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