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The actual use of Holden has more to do with the character Holden Snyder on the soap opera "As The World Turns" than it does with "Catcher in the Rye", though the writers of ATWT were probably thinking of the literary character when they chose the name.

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Holden certainly fits in with the "two syllables ending in -n" sound pattern which is so popular among boys' names in the USA now, so it is a good choice in terms of being something not overly common which will nevertheless fit in with other names of his generation.