Holt
Boy · HOHLT · English
Holt is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “wood, thicket”. In 2025 it ranked 1,919th for boys in the US (81 babies).
What does Holt mean?
English: topographic surname
“wood, thicket”
From an English surname for someone who lived by a small wood, Old English holt.
- Say it
- HOHLT
Is Holt a girl's or a boy's name?
Holt is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 81 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Holt in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,919among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 81about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 81 boys in the US were named Holt, making it the 1,919th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,977th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 87 boys. It first appears in the records in 1906.
Half of all the boys named Holt in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Holt in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81 | #1,919 |
| 2024 | 83 | #1,902 |
| 2023 | 84 | #1,875 |
| 2022 | 83 | #1,891 |
| 2021 | 76 | #1,963 |
| 2020 | 72 | #1,977 |
| 2019 | 87 | #1,777 |
| 2018 | 80 | #1,871 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,239 |
| 2016 | 68 | #2,066 |
| 2015 | 67 | #2,086 |
| 2014 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,224 |
| 2012 | 59 | #2,208 |
| 2011 | 49 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 52 | #2,401 |
| 2009 | 51 | #2,485 |
| 2008 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2007 | 41 | #2,866 |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,082 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,114 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 32 | #2,436 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,593 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,088 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,771 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
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