Holten
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HOHL-ten
- Origin
- Scandinavian
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Holten is a boys' name of Scandinavian origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
Where does Holten come from?
Scandinavian: Danish and Low German surname from a place name
Is Holten a girl's or a boy's name?
Holten is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Holten in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Holten, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Holten in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 58 boys in the US were given Holten or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,013, up from #5,207 for this spelling alone.
- Holton 40
- Holten 18
Holten in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
Names like Holten
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jensen Hudson Holden Cohen Bowen Jaylen Jayden Hayden Easton Kayden Hendrix Raiden
Other spellings of Holten
More Scandinavian names
Kaia Jenson Maren Gustavo Anders Stellan Iverson Kari Kaja Larson Olsen Nea Ronya Jensyn Soley Loa
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Holten: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/holten, updated 20 October 2026.