Horton
Last seen for boys in 2012 at #12,274
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 616since 1888
Horton over time
Rank among boys' names. Horton has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
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| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | — | |
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| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | |
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| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | — | |
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| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | — | |
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| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1930 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | #1,564 | 22 |
| 1928 | #1,522 | 24 |
| 1927 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #1,935 | 17 |
| 1924 | #1,675 | 22 |
| 1923 | #1,385 | 28 |
| 1922 | #1,396 | 28 |
| 1921 | #1,549 | 24 |
| 1920 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #1,648 | 21 |
| 1917 | #1,900 | 16 |
| 1916 | #1,459 | 23 |
| 1915 | #1,782 | 16 |
| 1914 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #1,311 | 16 |
| 1912 | #1,353 | 13 |
| 1911 | #1,190 | 9 |
| 1910 | — | |
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| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
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| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | #755 | 8 |
| 1887 | — | |
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| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Horton! It came in at #755, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1894, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Horton
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
- Biggest drop: 219 spots in 1889 (#755 → #974)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1888 at #755 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1888–1889
- Highest: 1 in 15,106 boys born in 1888 were named Horton (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 379,389 boys born in 2012 (0.00%)
- 33.9% of all boys named Horton (209) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13 | #755 (1888) | #865 |
| 1890s | 17 | #872 (1895) | #985 |
| 1900s | 13 | #1,002 (1905) | #1,033 |
| 1910s | 137 | #1,190 (1911) | #1,674 |
| 1920s | 209 | #1,385 (1923) | #1,755 |
| 1930s | 93 | #1,905 (1933) | #2,647 |
| 1940s | 70 | #2,322 (1940) | #2,858 |
| 1950s | 44 | #2,251 (1952) | #3,221 |
| 1960s | 10 | #3,966 (1967) | #4,016 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,238 (1983) | #6,238 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,274 (2012) | #12,274 |
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.
Horton in 1889
Top boys' names in 1889
More about 1889
boys
110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 22,116 of them was named Horton, which outranked 12.3% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 137 names at #974; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.