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.
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 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 278,010 of them was named Hector, which outranked 25.3% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,128Zenovia7
- #8,128Zephyr7
- #8,128Zora7
- #9,110Hector6
- #9,110Aaisha6
- #9,110Abbra6
- #9,110Abel6
- #10,411Abegail5
- #10,411Abigal5
- #10,411Abiola5
Tied with 1,300 names at #9,110; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 1,270 of them was named Hector, which outranked 97.6% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).