Proctor
Last seen for boys in 1962 at #4,033
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 249since 1884
Proctor over time
Rank among boys' names. Proctor has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
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| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
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| 1956 | #3,535 | 6 |
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| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
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| 1947 | #3,733 | 5 |
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| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
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| 1935 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #2,973 | 7 |
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| 1932 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #3,022 | 8 |
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| 1928 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1926 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #2,398 | 12 |
| 1917 | #2,188 | 13 |
| 1916 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
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| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
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| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
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| 1888 | #1,031 | 5 |
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| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Proctor! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Proctor
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1962
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1884 at #971 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1884
- Highest: 1 in 22,888 boys born in 1884 were named Proctor (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 413,754 boys born in 1962 (0.00%)
- 34.9% of all boys named Proctor (87) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #971 (1884) | #1,001 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 69 | #1,589 (1910) | #2,472 |
| 1920s | 87 | #2,121 (1927) | #2,963 |
| 1930s | 41 | #2,471 (1931) | #2,817 |
| 1940s | 15 | #3,338 (1945) | #3,500 |
| 1950s | 17 | #3,425 (1953) | #3,649 |
| 1960s | 10 | #4,033 (1962) | #4,036 |
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.
Proctor in 1884
Top boys' names in 1884
More about 1884
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114,441 boys got a published name in 1884; 1 in 22,888 of them was named Proctor, which outranked 13.7% of the 1,125 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 41.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 154 names at #971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.