Proctor

Last seen for boys in 1962 at #4,033

Peak · boys
1884 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
249
since 1884

Proctor over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Proctor has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201884peak #971, 1884boys
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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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1962#4,0335
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1960#4,0385
1959#3,9885
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1956#3,5356
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1953#3,4256
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1947#3,7335
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1945#3,3385
1944#3,4305
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1935#2,5299
1934#2,9737
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1932#3,0927
1931#2,47110
1930#3,0228
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1928#3,3577
1927#2,12115
1926#3,1398
1925#2,9369
1924#2,47312
1923#3,8226
1922#2,34713
1921#3,8696
1920#2,60211
1919#2,8779
1918#2,39812
1917#2,18813
1916#2,7309
1915#2,45810
1914#3,2645
1913
1912#2,2696
1911
1910#1,5895
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1888#1,0315
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1884#9715
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First appearance
1884

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
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1962
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1884 at #971 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1884
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,888
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 34.9% of all boys named Proctor (87) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10#971 (1884)#1,001
1890s0
1900s0
1910s69#1,589 (1910)#2,472
1920s87#2,121 (1927)#2,963
1930s41#2,471 (1931)#2,817
1940s15#3,338 (1945)#3,500
1950s17#3,425 (1953)#3,649
1960s10#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

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#971
5 births · 1 in 22,888 boys

Top boys' names in 1884

  1. #1John9,388
  2. #2William8,897
  3. #3James5,693
  4. #4George4,961
  5. #5Charles4,802
  6. #6Frank3,218
  7. #7Joseph2,707
  8. #8Thomas2,572
  9. #9Henry2,474
  10. #10Robert2,468
  11. #971Proctor5
More about 1884

boys

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).

Ranked beside Proctor
  1. #848Whit6
  2. #848Wilhelm6
  3. #848Zollie6
  4. #971Proctor5
  5. #971Abb5
  6. #971Ace5
  7. #971Aden5

Tied with 154 names at #971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1883
Risers
  1. 404Pierce#892#488
  2. 388Harlan#892#504
  3. 372Buck#892#520
  4. 345Noel#892#547
  5. 323Cleve#527#204
Fallers
  1. 444Ernie#527#971
  2. 415Chin#556#971
  3. 388Newt#460#848
  4. 369Cal#479#848
  5. 351Omar#497#848

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

See the top 100 for 1884