Holton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HOHL-tun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,035 for boys
Holton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “farmstead in a nook or hollow”. In 2025 it ranked 3,035th for boys in the US (40 babies).
What does Holton mean?
English: English surname from several place names
“farmstead in a nook or hollow”
Is Holton a girl's or a boy's name?
Holton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Holton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,035among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 40about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 40 boys in the US were named Holton, making it the 3,035th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,688th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 51 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Holton in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 58 boys in the US were given Holton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,013, up from #3,035 for this spelling alone.
- Holton 40
- Holten 18
Holton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,035 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,044 |
| 2023 | 47 | #2,736 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,615 |
| 2021 | 51 | #2,551 |
| 2020 | 46 | #2,688 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,140 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 43 | #2,797 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 43 | #2,765 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 42 | #2,797 |
| 2010 | 36 | #3,127 |
| 2009 | 29 | #3,637 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
Names like Holton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson Easton Jackson Boston Stetson Colson Grayson Harrison Holden Kingston Mason Dawson
Other spellings of Holton
Names related to Holton
More English names
Lily Evelyn Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Carter
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, “Holton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/holton, updated 20 October 2026.