Bolden
Bolden reached its high-water mark in 1927 at number 3,451, and has been recorded 61 times in all. It has not appeared in the national data since 2017. About 20 Boldens are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 11.
Popularity, 1880–2025
boys named Bolden
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 61
- Estimated living today
- 20
- Median age today
- 11
- Peak year
- 1927
- Best rank
- 3,451st
- Rank in 2025
- unranked
- First recorded
- 1893
How old the living Boldens are
born that year still alive today
Of the 61 babies given the name since 1893, about 20 are alive — 38 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 2014 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Names of 1927
The most popular boys’ names the year Bolden peaked:
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.