Holmes
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 610since 1880
Holmes over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Holmes has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
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| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
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| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,586 | 19 |
| 1932 | #1,716 | 18 |
| 1931 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | #1,871 | 18 |
| 1926 | #1,911 | 17 |
| 1925 | #1,583 | 23 |
| 1924 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | #2,486 | 12 |
| 1921 | #1,588 | 23 |
| 1920 | #1,747 | 20 |
| 1919 | #1,624 | 21 |
| 1918 | #1,710 | 20 |
| 1917 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1916 | #1,646 | 19 |
| 1915 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1914 | #1,608 | 15 |
| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #1,417 | 12 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | — | |
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| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #809 | 6 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Holmes was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1901, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Holmes is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Holmes in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 103 spots in 1903
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #809 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1880–1903
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,033
- Highest: 1 in 17,033 boys born in 1903 were named Holmes (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #809 in 1880, was only 1 in 18,415 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 27.4% of all boys named Holmes (167) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #809 (1880) | #890 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 18 | #910 (1903) | #1,089 |
| 1910s | 135 | #1,372 (1915) | #1,683 |
| 1920s | 167 | #1,583 (1925) | #2,013 |
| 1930s | 103 | #1,586 (1933) | #2,301 |
| 1940s | 76 | #1,903 (1941) | #2,557 |
| 1950s | 49 | #2,580 (1950) | #2,885 |
| 1960s | 6 | #3,673 (1968) | #3,673 |
| 1970s | 10 | #4,724 (1970) | #4,816 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,250 (1980) | #6,250 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 14 | #8,789 (2013) | #9,796 |
| 2020s | 16 | #10,938 (2024) | #11,805 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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