Victor

Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215 · #209 for boys in 2025, 1,664 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1918 · 3,183 births
Debut · boys
100 births
In top 100 · boys
74 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
330,413
since 1880

Victor over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #63, 1918boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2091,664
2024#2131,684
2023#2171,697
2022#2141,772
2021#2091,819
2020#2001,906
2019#1862,105
2018#1772,224
2017#1652,410
2016#16,2155#1642,464
2015#1612,573
2014#16,5135#1512,690
2013#14,5826#1432,731
2012#12,1998#1352,873
2011#16,7645#1422,893
2010#14,9596#1283,181
2009#1173,544
2008#12,5798#1123,781
2007#11,6309#1044,275
2006#9,90111#1044,312
2005#14,5026#1054,140
2004#7,07716#1024,289
2003#9,67110#964,436
2002#11,1088#1003,935
2001#8,19612#963,921
2000#8,53411#974,053
1999#8,22311#954,016
1998#6,71914#973,997
1997#6,48314#1053,701
1996#5,28018#1003,924
1995#5,01919#904,098
1994#5,24918#934,056
1993#3,98726#914,207
1992#3,50331#874,293
1991#3,20734#854,335
1990#3,81327#824,445
1989#2,61843#893,905
1988#2,70039#893,628
1987#2,78035#913,307
1986#2,72435#883,293
1985#3,08429#883,341
1984#2,62535#903,178
1983#2,78331#952,970
1982#2,58136#993,002
1981#3,85920#1042,840
1980#3,31825#1072,822
1979#2,99728#1052,634
1978#2,80129#1032,549
1977#3,08325#1042,548
1976#3,09523#1002,528
1975#3,51419#952,680
1974#2,92224#962,621
1973#2,62927#1032,579
1972#2,35631#1072,619
1971#2,54229#1132,885
1970#2,64727#1063,089
1969#3,31817#1023,042
1968#2,05634#1012,940
1967#3,08517#973,194
1966#2,66821#1013,267
1965#2,29327#983,682
1964#2,47525#973,943
1963#2,70421#974,056
1962#2,60522#964,208
1961#2,19729#994,301
1960#2,24627#1034,188
1959#2,59620#1073,815
1958#2,26025#1073,739
1957#2,56320#984,080
1956#3,18614#963,908
1955#3,37712#1013,437
1954#2,18624#1033,367
1953#5,0406#1063,099
1952#2,92114#1072,996
1951#3,28411#1102,733
1950#5,3015#1062,713
1949#2,99912#1162,519
1948#4,2057#1152,477
1947#3,44810#1212,355
1946#3,21710#1202,130
1945#2,91610#952,631
1944#4,0546#1072,162
1943#2,86111#972,613
1942#2,53713#992,397
1941#3,2528#1181,667
1940#2,73710#1201,567
1939#3,4297#1191,475
1938#2,9409#1171,561
1937#2,73510#1171,542
1936#4,1815#1161,517
1935#2,43912#1161,545
1934#2,56711#1221,420
1933#3,4067#1161,431
1932#2,49012#1101,612
1931#1,80319#1091,623
1930#1,87519#1001,844
1929#2,01117#1001,941
1928#2,28415#991,946
1927#2,33915#981,983
1926#1,99719#942,016
1925#2,01819#892,119
1924#1,77024#902,189
1923#2,02119#882,226
1922#2,47914#862,322
1921#2,12018#832,407
1920#2,07918#812,349
1919#2,26415#682,751
1918#2,67412#633,183
1917#1,65222#782,207
1916#2,49812#782,215
1915#3,4347#742,211
1914#2,6388#761,559
1913#2,8276#801,177
1912#1,84410#81989
1911#81493
1910#2,3985#90372
1909#89320
1908#88308
1907#2,0615#99245
1906#93249
1905#90268
1904#98218
1903#98196
1902#97205
1901#100169
1900#92269
1899#100175
1898#97205
1897#95190
1896#96201
1895#98196
1894#100180
1893#103172
1892#96200
1891#103154
1890#114138
1889#104158
1888#120134
1887#113119
1886#105146
1885#100143
1884#116124
1883#12599
1882#127109
1881#112110
1880#135100
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Victor was already there! It came in at #135, and was given to 100 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1888, when fewer than 150 boys a year got the name.

Where Victor is popular in 1951

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Victor, so not publishedAKMaine: #124 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 795 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Victor, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #120 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 916 boysNHWashington: #138 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 967 boysWAIdaho: #146 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 777 boysIDMontana: #63 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 362 boysMTNorth Dakota: #107 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 585 boysNDMinnesota: #145 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,260 boysMNIllinois: #115 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 812 boysILWisconsin: #151 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,508 boysWIMichigan: #101 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 714 boysMINew York: #76 for boys · 359 births · 1 in 441 boysNYMassachusetts: #81 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 619 boysMARhode Island: #71 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 467 boysRIOregon: #127 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 781 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Victor, so not publishedNVWyoming: #116 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 558 boysWYSouth Dakota: #201 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,627 boysSDIowa: #164 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,372 boysIAIndiana: #134 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 900 boysINOhio: #108 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 782 boysOHPennsylvania: #98 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 799 boysPANew Jersey: #78 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 495 boysNJConnecticut: #78 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 564 boysCTCalifornia: #80 for boys · 312 births · 1 in 415 boysCAUtah: #170 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,067 boysUTColorado: #121 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 683 boysCONebraska: #164 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,285 boysNEMissouri: #127 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 835 boysMOKentucky: #166 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,225 boysKYWest Virginia: #118 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 738 boysWVVirginia: #143 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 854 boysVAMaryland: #97 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 577 boysMDDelaware: #84 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 457 boysDEArizona: #88 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 378 boysAZNew Mexico: #86 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 354 boysNMKansas: #94 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 509 boysKSArkansas: #189 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,468 boysARTennessee: #176 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,422 boysTNNorth Carolina: #160 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 998 boysNCSouth Carolina: #215 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,726 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #116 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 693 boysDCOklahoma: #127 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 709 boysOKLouisiana: #151 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 759 boysLAMississippi: #158 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 974 boysMSAlabama: #196 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,381 boysALGeorgia: #152 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 917 boysGAHawaii: #135 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 562 boysHITexas: #70 for boys · 318 births · 1 in 344 boysTXFlorida: #136 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 771 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Montana#63 · 1 in 362
  2. Texas#70 · 1 in 344
  3. Rhode Island#71 · 1 in 467
  4. New York#76 · 1 in 441
  5. New Jersey#78 · 1 in 495

Best ever in a state: #17 in Nevada, 1917.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#63191 in 362
Texas#703181 in 344
Rhode Island#71181 in 467
New York#763591 in 441
Connecticut#78361 in 564
New Jersey#781001 in 495
California#803121 in 415
Massachusetts#81801 in 619
Delaware#8481 in 457
New Mexico#86291 in 354
Arizona#88281 in 378
Kansas#94421 in 509
Maryland#97461 in 577
Pennsylvania#981441 in 799
Michigan#1011181 in 714
North Dakota#107131 in 585
Ohio#1081251 in 782
Illinois#1151201 in 812
District of Columbia#116201 in 693
Wyoming#11661 in 558
West Virginia#118331 in 738
New Hampshire#12061 in 916
Colorado#121251 in 683
Maine#124121 in 795
Missouri#127531 in 835
Oklahoma#127341 in 709
Oregon#127221 in 781
Indiana#134541 in 900
Hawaii#135111 in 562
Florida#136431 in 771
Washington#138291 in 967
Virginia#143461 in 854
Minnesota#145301 in 1,260
Idaho#14691 in 777
Louisiana#151491 in 759
Wisconsin#151281 in 1,508
Georgia#152491 in 917
Mississippi#158301 in 974
North Carolina#160531 in 998
Iowa#164231 in 1,372
Nebraska#164121 in 1,285
Kentucky#166301 in 1,225
Utah#170101 in 1,067
Tennessee#176281 in 1,422
Arkansas#189151 in 1,468
Alabama#196281 in 1,381
South Dakota#20151 in 1,627
South Carolina#215171 in 1,726
Alaska
Nevada
Vermont

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Victor
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 4 spots since 2024 (#213#209)
  • 9 spots since 2020 (#200#209)
  • 48 spots since 2015 (#161#209)
  • Biggest jump: 23 spots in 1881 (#135#112)
  • Biggest drop: 25 spots in 1946 (#95#120)
Rise & fade · boys
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1918 at #63 (3,183 births)
  • Births halved by 1933, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 74 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 74 yrs · run 1894–1930
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 318
  • Highest: 1 in 318 boys born in 1918 were named Victor (0.31%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,026 boys born in 2025 (0.10%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 12.4% of all boys named Victor (41,072) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,242#100 (1885)#116
1890s1,811#95 (1897)#100
1900s2,447#88 (1908)#94
1910s17,157#63 (1918)#77
1920s21,498#81 (1920)#91
1930s15,570#100 (1930)#114
1940s22,518#95 (1945)#111
1950s33,887#96 (1956)#104
1960s36,821#96 (1962)#99
1970s26,732#95 (1975)#103
1980s32,286#88 (1985)#94
1990s41,072#82 (1990)#93
2000s40,686#96 (2003)#103
2010s26,144#128 (2010)#155
2020s10,542#200 (2020)#210

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.

Victor in 1951

girls
#3,284
11 births · 1 in 163,714 girls
boys
#110
2,733 births · 1 in 689 boys

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #3,284Victor11

Top boys' names in 1951

  1. #1James87,256
  2. #2Robert86,353
  3. #3John81,569
  4. #4Michael72,807
  5. #5David64,788
  6. #6William62,781
  7. #7Richard54,541
  8. #8Thomas48,275
  9. #9Charles39,406
  10. #10Gary38,160
  11. #110Victor2,733
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 163,714 of them was named Victor, which outranked 47.1% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Victor
  1. #3,106Willma12
  2. #3,106Wynell12
  3. #3,106Zula12
  4. #3,284Victor11
  5. #3,284Aaron11
  6. #3,284Alise11
  7. #3,284Alona11
  8. #3,482Aleda10
  9. #3,482Aloma10
  10. #3,482Alton10

Tied with 197 names at #3,284; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 345Rhona#1,333#988
  2. 307Bobbi#1,153#846
  3. 296Ricki#1,090#794
  4. 295Mindy#771#476
  5. 288Sharleen#1,053#765
Fallers
  1. 395Sharman#668#1,063
  2. 343Manuela#773#1,116
  3. 294Allie#945#1,239
  4. 253Merrie#937#1,190
  5. 252Olive#891#1,143

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

boys

1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 689 of them was named Victor, which outranked 97.4% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Victor
  1. #107Bernard2,772
  2. #108Gordon2,759
  3. #109Darrell2,746
  4. #110Victor2,733
  5. #111Leroy2,717
  6. #112Herbert2,703
  7. #113Jose2,683
Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 428Kimberly#1,139#711
  2. 372Cole#1,364#992
  3. 357Wayland#1,272#915
  4. 354Ricki#1,139#785
  5. 346Lou#1,289#943
Fallers
  1. 944Jory#960#1,904
  2. 502Samual#960#1,462
  3. 426Carlyle#918#1,344
  4. 319Shaun#899#1,218
  5. 318Tex#977#1,295

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

See the top 100 for 1951