Hector

Last seen for girls in 2008 at #13,832 · #409 for boys in 2025, 779 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#156
1992 · 2,018 births
Debut · boys
1880
15 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
108,728
since 1880

Hector over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hector has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #156, 1992boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#409779
2024—#379864
2023—#384831
2022—#355927
2021—#361901
2020—#365856
2019—#341985
2018—#3311,012
2017—#3181,074
2016—#3191,100
2015—#3031,194
2014—#2921,214
2013—#2771,257
2012—#2671,325
2011—#2481,414
2010—#2261,562
2009—#2041,845
2008#13,8327#1822,179
2007—#1832,243
2006—#1752,327
2005—#1672,458
2004#16,0995#1922,004
2003—#1891,998
2002—#1951,942
2001#15,3525#1931,905
2000—#1851,979
1999#14,4115#1831,915
1998—#1851,815
1997—#1791,870
1996#7,13012#1721,966
1995#7,51411#1751,877
1994#5,24918#1611,973
1993#5,20618#1582,032
1992#6,65213#1562,018
1991#5,65916#1582,036
1990#6,86712#1561,991
1989#6,95511#1671,806
1988#4,65318#1701,656
1987#4,28319#1721,592
1986#4,34718#1811,474
1985#5,07714#1781,492
1984#4,47816#1851,336
1983#5,14813#1841,369
1982#5,20913#1721,525
1981#9,1106#1771,410
1980#3,71921#1691,448
1979#4,42016#1671,421
1978#4,67914#1901,243
1977#6,8928#1991,144
1976#5,21511#1801,254
1975#4,37014#1821,245
1974#3,55818#1851,213
1973#6,0808#1901,194
1972#4,09114#2041,115
1971#5,5439#2041,176
1970#4,76111#2201,125
1969#6,6176#2151,127
1968#4,7799#2201,039
1967#5,4577#233936
1966—#231938
1965#5,2897#235967
1964#5,0088#250945
1963#4,27210#248958
1962#5,2937#254924
1961#5,8516#261899
1960—#271871
1959#5,0317#265915
1958—#268839
1957#6,0865#264808
1956—#256801
1955—#247800
1954#5,7535#277649
1953—#279626
1952—#283600
1951#5,4145#280590
1950—#315473
1949—#313467
1948—#326423
1947—#378333
1946—#376300
1945—#374258
1944—#387241
1943—#396240
1942—#445193
1941—#435178
1940—#422192
1939—#433172
1938—#420183
1937—#448156
1936—#433166
1935#4,2045#417175
1934—#409185
1933—#386198
1932—#426172
1931—#408189
1930—#420198
1929—#425192
1928—#439186
1927—#453182
1926—#499146
1925—#523138
1924—#535139
1923—#545127
1922—#574123
1921—#549129
1920—#573119
1919—#580107
1918—#64790
1917—#64585
1916—#61291
1915—#535108
1914—#66758
1913—#61551
1912—#56151
1911—#49735
1910—#70718
1909—#63618
1908—#68515
1907—#63416
1906—#70912
1905—#69912
1904—#53817
1903—#69611
1902——
1901—#1,0585
1900—#55519
1899—#58312
1898—#70110
1897—#55614
1896—#64112
1895—#8727
1894—#7878
1893—#9076
1892—#52515
1891—#49713
1890—#8846
1889—#7897
1888—#44218
1887—#7527
1886—#8456
1885—#6419
1884—#57011
1883—#59710
1882—#8376
1881—#7816
1880—#46515
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Hector was already there! It came in at #465, and was given to 15 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1901–1902, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Hector
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 30 spots since 2024 (#379 → #409)
  • 44 spots since 2020 (#365 → #409)
  • 106 spots since 2015 (#303 → #409)
  • Biggest jump: 387 spots in 1891 (#884 → #497)
  • Biggest drop: 503 spots in 1901 (#555 → #1,058)
Rise & fade · boys
112 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1992 at #156 (2,018 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 27 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 144 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1903–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 813
  • Highest: 1 in 813 boys born in 2005 were named Hector (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,193 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
  • Its best rank, #156 in 1992, was only 1 in 990 (0.10%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 19.2% of all boys named Hector (20,880) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s95#442 (1888)#672
1890s103#497 (1891)#695
1900s125#538 (1904)#690
1910s694#497 (1911)#607
1920s1,481#425 (1929)#512
1930s1,794#386 (1933)#420
1940s2,825#313 (1949)#385
1950s7,101#247 (1955)#273
1960s9,604#215 (1969)#242
1970s12,130#167 (1979)#192
1980s15,108#167 (1989)#176
1990s19,493#156 (1992)#168
2000s20,880#167 (2005)#187
2010s12,137#226 (2010)#292
2020s5,158#355 (2022)#376

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.

Hector in 1940

boys
#422
192 births · 1 in 6,037 boys

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #422Hector192
More about 1940

boys

1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 6,037 of them was named Hector, which outranked 89.3% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hector
  1. #418Coy193
  2. #418Gabriel193
  3. #418Simon193
  4. #422Hector192
  5. #422Kennith192
  6. #424Gail190
  7. #424Reuben190
  8. #426Denny187

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. ↑ 565Whitney#1,458 → #893
  2. ↑ 447Gonzalo#1,297 → #850
  3. ↑ 419Weston#1,323 → #904
  4. ↑ 368Ashley#1,272 → #904
  5. ↑ 366Agustin#1,238 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 886Montie#916 → #1,802
  2. ↓ 446Verlon#888 → #1,334
  3. ↓ 394Issac#857 → #1,251
  4. ↓ 392Otho#942 → #1,334
  5. ↓ 384Pearl#867 → #1,251

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1940 →