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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #63, 1918boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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.

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 1972

girls
#2,356
31 births · 1 in 49,072 girls
boys
#107
2,619 births · 1 in 619 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #2,356Victor31

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #107Victor2,619
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 49,072 of them was named Victor, which outranked 75.6% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Victor
  1. #2,311Vasiliki32
  2. #2,311Vonetta32
  3. #2,311Willow32
  4. #2,356Victor31
  5. #2,356Annabel31
  6. #2,356Ariel31
  7. #2,356Ashaki31
  8. #2,398Amey30
  9. #2,398Andera30
  10. #2,398Carrieann30

Tied with 41 names at #2,356; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 5,804Camisha#6,619#815
  2. 3,921Catina#4,123#202
  3. 1,842Cherilyn#2,665#823
  4. 1,789Chasity#2,542#753
  5. 1,694Keena#2,542#848
Fallers
  1. 517Shayla#836#1,353
  2. 428Raina#798#1,226
  3. 280Kendall#742#1,022
  4. 275Alycia#951#1,226
  5. 255Charisse#727#982

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

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 619 of them was named Victor, which outranked 98.1% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Victor
  1. #104Philip2,776
  2. #105Vincent2,746
  3. #106Darren2,675
  4. #107Victor2,619
  5. #108Micheal2,609
  6. #109Willie2,596
  7. #110Alan2,580
Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 2,755Demond#3,146#391
  2. 1,286Cade#2,279#993
  3. 905Vidal#1,526#621
  4. 855Damond#1,784#929
  5. 849Kareem#1,254#405
Fallers
  1. 413Rich#914#1,327
  2. 401Monroe#947#1,348
  3. 317Laura#990#1,307
  4. 309Von#976#1,285
  5. 309Westley#998#1,307

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

See the top 100 for 1972