Holston
Boy · HOHL-stun · English
Holston is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,313th for boys in the US (35 babies).
Where does Holston come from?
English: surname and place name, as in the Holston River of Tennessee
- Say it
- HOHL-stun
Is Holston a girl's or a boy's name?
Holston is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Holston in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,313among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 49,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 87% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 35 boys in the US were named Holston, making it the 3,313th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 40 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Holston in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 57 boys in the US were given Holston or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,037, up from #3,313 for this spelling alone.
Holston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #3,313 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,053 |
| 2022 | 33 | #3,462 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
Names like Holston
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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