Name meaning & stats
Holden
Holden means “deep valley”. 32,660 US babies since 1940, peak 2018.
What it means
“deep valley”
Well documented
Originally a surname.
In US birth records
Peak year: 2018
32,660 US babies were named Holden between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Holden (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Holden is the main spelling
- Holden 98%
- Holdyn 2%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2018)