boys:
979 births since 1914
#3613 (21st percentile)
overall:
979 births since 1914
#6760 (13th percentile)
The name Holton is the #6,760 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 979 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 12.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,613 (21.2% percentile) for all time with 979 births since 1914.
Holton first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (first recorded for boys in 1914). Birth data for Holton is available in 54 out of the 110 years between 1914 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, Holton reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 5.0% percentile (ranked #884) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 27 births per million (ranked 5.0% percentile). Despite a peak around 2007, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Holton ranks #869 for boys (4.6% percentile) with 26 births per million, which is 94.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Holton".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Holton is pronounced as HOHL-tuhn, which has 2 syllables.
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