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
- Peak · boys
- 1992 · 2,018 births
- Debut · boys
- 15 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 108,728since 1880
Hector over time
Rank among boys' names. Hector has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #409 | 779 | |
| 2024 | — | #379 | 864 | |
| 2023 | — | #384 | 831 | |
| 2022 | — | #355 | 927 | |
| 2021 | — | #361 | 901 | |
| 2020 | — | #365 | 856 | |
| 2019 | — | #341 | 985 | |
| 2018 | — | #331 | 1,012 | |
| 2017 | — | #318 | 1,074 | |
| 2016 | — | #319 | 1,100 | |
| 2015 | — | #303 | 1,194 | |
| 2014 | — | #292 | 1,214 | |
| 2013 | — | #277 | 1,257 | |
| 2012 | — | #267 | 1,325 | |
| 2011 | — | #248 | 1,414 | |
| 2010 | — | #226 | 1,562 | |
| 2009 | — | #204 | 1,845 | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #182 | 2,179 |
| 2007 | — | #183 | 2,243 | |
| 2006 | — | #175 | 2,327 | |
| 2005 | — | #167 | 2,458 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #192 | 2,004 |
| 2003 | — | #189 | 1,998 | |
| 2002 | — | #195 | 1,942 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #193 | 1,905 |
| 2000 | — | #185 | 1,979 | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #183 | 1,915 |
| 1998 | — | #185 | 1,815 | |
| 1997 | — | #179 | 1,870 | |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #172 | 1,966 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #175 | 1,877 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 | #161 | 1,973 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 | #158 | 2,032 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #156 | 2,018 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | #158 | 2,036 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | #156 | 1,991 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #167 | 1,806 |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 | #170 | 1,656 |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 | #172 | 1,592 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | #181 | 1,474 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | #178 | 1,492 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | #185 | 1,336 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 | #184 | 1,369 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | #172 | 1,525 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #177 | 1,410 |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 21 | #169 | 1,448 |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 | #167 | 1,421 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | #190 | 1,243 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #199 | 1,144 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #180 | 1,254 |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 | #182 | 1,245 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 | #185 | 1,213 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #190 | 1,194 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | #204 | 1,115 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | #204 | 1,176 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | #220 | 1,125 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #215 | 1,127 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 | #220 | 1,039 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #233 | 936 |
| 1966 | — | #231 | 938 | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #235 | 967 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #250 | 945 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | #248 | 958 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #254 | 924 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #261 | 899 |
| 1960 | — | #271 | 871 | |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #265 | 915 |
| 1958 | — | #268 | 839 | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #264 | 808 |
| 1956 | — | #256 | 801 | |
| 1955 | — | #247 | 800 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #277 | 649 |
| 1953 | — | #279 | 626 | |
| 1952 | — | #283 | 600 | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #280 | 590 |
| 1950 | — | #315 | 473 | |
| 1949 | — | #313 | 467 | |
| 1948 | — | #326 | 423 | |
| 1947 | — | #378 | 333 | |
| 1946 | — | #376 | 300 | |
| 1945 | — | #374 | 258 | |
| 1944 | — | #387 | 241 | |
| 1943 | — | #396 | 240 | |
| 1942 | — | #445 | 193 | |
| 1941 | — | #435 | 178 | |
| 1940 | — | #422 | 192 | |
| 1939 | — | #433 | 172 | |
| 1938 | — | #420 | 183 | |
| 1937 | — | #448 | 156 | |
| 1936 | — | #433 | 166 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #417 | 175 |
| 1934 | — | #409 | 185 | |
| 1933 | — | #386 | 198 | |
| 1932 | — | #426 | 172 | |
| 1931 | — | #408 | 189 | |
| 1930 | — | #420 | 198 | |
| 1929 | — | #425 | 192 | |
| 1928 | — | #439 | 186 | |
| 1927 | — | #453 | 182 | |
| 1926 | — | #499 | 146 | |
| 1925 | — | #523 | 138 | |
| 1924 | — | #535 | 139 | |
| 1923 | — | #545 | 127 | |
| 1922 | — | #574 | 123 | |
| 1921 | — | #549 | 129 | |
| 1920 | — | #573 | 119 | |
| 1919 | — | #580 | 107 | |
| 1918 | — | #647 | 90 | |
| 1917 | — | #645 | 85 | |
| 1916 | — | #612 | 91 | |
| 1915 | — | #535 | 108 | |
| 1914 | — | #667 | 58 | |
| 1913 | — | #615 | 51 | |
| 1912 | — | #561 | 51 | |
| 1911 | — | #497 | 35 | |
| 1910 | — | #707 | 18 | |
| 1909 | — | #636 | 18 | |
| 1908 | — | #685 | 15 | |
| 1907 | — | #634 | 16 | |
| 1906 | — | #709 | 12 | |
| 1905 | — | #699 | 12 | |
| 1904 | — | #538 | 17 | |
| 1903 | — | #696 | 11 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | #555 | 19 | |
| 1899 | — | #583 | 12 | |
| 1898 | — | #701 | 10 | |
| 1897 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1896 | — | #641 | 12 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | #525 | 15 | |
| 1891 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | #789 | 7 | |
| 1888 | — | #442 | 18 | |
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | #465 | 15 | |
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.
Where Hector is popular in 1976
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#84 · 1 in 416
- New York#87 · 1 in 553
- Arizona#88 · 1 in 435
- New Jersey#88 · 1 in 587
- Texas#90 · 1 in 387
Best ever in a state: #34 in Arizona, 1931.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #84 | 381 | 1 in 416 |
| New York | #87 | 203 | 1 in 553 |
| Arizona | #88 | 41 | 1 in 435 |
| New Jersey | #88 | 69 | 1 in 587 |
| Texas | #90 | 278 | 1 in 387 |
| Massachusetts | #127 | 33 | 1 in 971 |
| Connecticut | #132 | 17 | 1 in 933 |
| Illinois | #138 | 93 | 1 in 843 |
| New Mexico | #214 | 9 | 1 in 1,043 |
| Idaho | #215 | 5 | 1 in 1,442 |
| Pennsylvania | #260 | 24 | 1 in 2,981 |
| Florida | #272 | 22 | 1 in 2,145 |
| Colorado | #340 | 6 | 1 in 3,131 |
| Washington | #407 | 5 | 1 in 4,830 |
| Michigan | #412 | 11 | 1 in 5,556 |
| Ohio | #419 | 11 | 1 in 6,807 |
| North Carolina | #474 | 6 | 1 in 6,040 |
| Indiana | #484 | 5 | 1 in 7,630 |
| Georgia | #581 | 5 | 1 in 7,123 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Hector
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1992 at #156 (2,018 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 27 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1903–2025
- 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
- 19.2% of all boys named Hector (20,880) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 95 | #442 (1888) | #672 |
| 1890s | 103 | #497 (1891) | #695 |
| 1900s | 125 | #538 (1904) | #690 |
| 1910s | 694 | #497 (1911) | #607 |
| 1920s | 1,481 | #425 (1929) | #512 |
| 1930s | 1,794 | #386 (1933) | #420 |
| 1940s | 2,825 | #313 (1949) | #385 |
| 1950s | 7,101 | #247 (1955) | #273 |
| 1960s | 9,604 | #215 (1969) | #242 |
| 1970s | 12,130 | #167 (1979) | #192 |
| 1980s | 15,108 | #167 (1989) | #176 |
| 1990s | 19,493 | #156 (1992) | #168 |
| 2000s | 20,880 | #167 (2005) | #187 |
| 2010s | 12,137 | #226 (2010) | #292 |
| 2020s | 5,158 | #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 1976
Top girls' names in 1976
Top boys' names in 1976
More about 1976
girls
1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 133,191 of them was named Hector, which outranked 52.2% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,905Zita12
- #4,905Zoey12
- #4,905Zonia12
- #5,215Hector11
- #5,215Abril11
- #5,215Adel11
- #5,215Adonna11
- #5,601Abbe10
- #5,601Adrena10
- #5,601Agustina10
Tied with 385 names at #5,215; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 1,251 of them was named Hector, which outranked 97.2% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.