What is the name of the protagonist in 'The Catcher in the Rye'?

The protagonist in 'The Catcher in the Rye' is Holden Caulfield.

Holden is a sixteen-year-old student and the novel's first-person narrator. He tells the story from a sanatorium after a breakdown, recalling the days after his expulsion from Pencey Preparatory School. He leaves school early, travels to New York City, and spends several unsettled days confronting loneliness, grief, sexuality, and the adult world he repeatedly calls “phony.”

J. D. Salinger’s novel was published in 1951 and became one of the most influential American coming-of-age stories. Holden’s younger sister Phoebe and his deceased brother Allie are especially important to his emotional development. His fantasy of being the “catcher in the rye” expresses his wish to protect children’s innocence from the dangers of adulthood.

Holden is sometimes confused with other famous young literary characters, such as Scout Finch from 'To Kill a Mockingbird' or Huckleberry Finn from Mark Twain’s novel. Neither is the narrator or protagonist of Salinger’s book.