Horton

Last seen for boys in 2012 at #12,274

Peak · boys
1888 · 8 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
616
since 1888

Horton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Horton has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201891peak #755, 1888boys
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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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2012#12,2745
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1983#6,2385
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1967#3,9665
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1961#4,0655
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1958#3,9445
1957#3,0248
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1953#2,7099
1952#2,25112
1951#3,7145
1950#3,6815
1949#3,6905
1948#2,7888
1947#2,49810
1946#2,6908
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1944#3,1096
1943#2,7328
1942#2,38610
1941#3,5055
1940#2,32210
1939#3,1136
1938#2,18511
1937#2,4799
1936#2,8547
1935#2,7198
1934#3,6795
1933#1,90514
1932#3,3616
1931#2,20712
1930#1,96415
1929#1,56422
1928#1,52224
1927#1,95917
1926#2,43612
1925#1,93517
1924#1,67522
1923#1,38528
1922#1,39628
1921#1,54924
1920#2,13115
1919#2,15214
1918#1,64821
1917#1,90016
1916#1,45923
1915#1,78216
1914#2,2719
1913#1,31116
1912#1,35313
1911#1,1909
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1905#1,0027
1904#1,0646
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1898#1,1215
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1895#8727
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1889#9745
1888#7558
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First appearance
1888

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.

Where Horton is popular in 1891

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Horton
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
  • Biggest drop: 219 spots in 1889 (#755 → #974)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1888 at #755 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1890, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1888–1889
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,106
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 33.9% of all boys named Horton (209) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s13#755 (1888)#865
1890s17#872 (1895)#985
1900s13#1,002 (1905)#1,033
1910s137#1,190 (1911)#1,674
1920s209#1,385 (1923)#1,755
1930s93#1,905 (1933)#2,647
1940s70#2,322 (1940)#2,858
1950s44#2,251 (1952)#3,221
1960s10#3,966 (1967)#4,016
1970s0——
1980s5#6,238 (1983)#6,238
1990s0——
2000s0——
2010s5#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 1891

boys
#963
5 births · 1 in 20,238 boys

Top boys' names in 1891

  1. #1John7,680
  2. #2William6,763
  3. #3James4,516
  4. #4George3,931
  5. #5Charles3,640
  6. #6Frank2,652
  7. #7Joseph2,572
  8. #8Robert2,240
  9. #9Harry2,132
  10. #10Henry2,049
  11. #963Horton5
More about 1891

boys

101,191 boys got a published name in 1891; 1 in 20,238 of them was named Horton, which outranked 14.6% of the 1,127 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Horton
  1. #841Young6
  2. #841Zebulon6
  3. #841Zollie6
  4. #963Horton5
  5. #963Abb5
  6. #963Abbie5
  7. #963Add5

Tied with 164 names at #963; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1890
Risers
  1. ↑ 487Colonel#884 → #397
  2. ↑ 470Mahlon#994 → #524
  3. ↑ 457Hezekiah#884 → #427
  4. ↑ 430Ruby#994 → #564
  5. ↑ 397Essie#994 → #597
Fallers
  1. ↓ 574Pierce#389 → #963
  2. ↓ 505Omar#458 → #963
  3. ↓ 452Benton#511 → #963
  4. ↓ 430Ivory#533 → #963
  5. ↓ 430Pleasant#533 → #963

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

See the top 100 for 1891 →