Holt

Popularity Trends

The name Holt is the #5,991 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,760 recorded births since 1906. This represents the 22.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,964 (35.3% percentile) for all time with 1,760 births since 1906.

Holt first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1906 (first recorded for boys in 1906). Birth data for Holt is available in 81 out of the 118 years between 1906 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Holt reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 9.0% percentile (ranked #835) with 45 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 46 births per million (ranked 8.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2002, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Holt is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #832 (8.7% percentile) with 46 births per million.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Holt".

1906 2023 19062023

Key Statistics

Total Births

1,760

Peak Births

Peak Year

2019

First Recorded

1906

Peak Percentile

9.0%

Current Percentile

8.7%

Peak Rank

#835

Current Rank

#832

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Holt", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Holt.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Holt's popularity from 1903 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Holt at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Holt range from Luciano at 91.7% correlation to Zakariya at 90.8% correlation, with an average correlation level of 91.1%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Roman with 93.3K births (100% boys) and the least popular is Nava with 1.4K births (100% girls).

Holt's share of births peaked at 45.9 births per million for boys in 2019. It reached its lowest point of 2.3 births per million (5% of peak) in 1956. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Holt had 45.9 births per million, 100% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Luciano

15.5k

91.67% (very strong)

Roman

93.3k

91.46% (very strong)

Leandro

9,675

91.46% (very strong)

Juliette

36.3k

91.26% (very strong)

Nava

1,362

91.05% (very strong)

Zia

3,177

91.04% (very strong)

Zain

9,166

90.98% (very strong)

Soren

10.4k

90.86% (very strong)

Vienna

6,274

90.82% (very strong)

Jeremias

4,430

90.81% (very strong)

Zahra

8,271

90.79% (very strong)

Zakariya

2,199

90.76% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Holt

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Holt. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Holt is pronounced as hohlt, which has 1 syllables.

hohlt

100.0%

hohlt (1 syllable)

Verified

100.0% confidence

HH OW1 L T

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like HH OW1 L T) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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