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
- Peak · boys
- 1918 · 3,183 births
- Debut · boys
- 100 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 74 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 330,413since 1880
Victor over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #209 | 1,664 | |
| 2024 | — | #213 | 1,684 | |
| 2023 | — | #217 | 1,697 | |
| 2022 | — | #214 | 1,772 | |
| 2021 | — | #209 | 1,819 | |
| 2020 | — | #200 | 1,906 | |
| 2019 | — | #186 | 2,105 | |
| 2018 | — | #177 | 2,224 | |
| 2017 | — | #165 | 2,410 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #164 | 2,464 |
| 2015 | — | #161 | 2,573 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #151 | 2,690 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #143 | 2,731 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #135 | 2,873 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #142 | 2,893 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #128 | 3,181 |
| 2009 | — | #117 | 3,544 | |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #112 | 3,781 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #104 | 4,275 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | #104 | 4,312 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #105 | 4,140 |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 | #102 | 4,289 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #96 | 4,436 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #100 | 3,935 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | #96 | 3,921 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | #97 | 4,053 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | #95 | 4,016 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | #97 | 3,997 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | #105 | 3,701 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 | #100 | 3,924 |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | #90 | 4,098 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 | #93 | 4,056 |
| 1993 | #3,987 | 26 | #91 | 4,207 |
| 1992 | #3,503 | 31 | #87 | 4,293 |
| 1991 | #3,207 | 34 | #85 | 4,335 |
| 1990 | #3,813 | 27 | #82 | 4,445 |
| 1989 | #2,618 | 43 | #89 | 3,905 |
| 1988 | #2,700 | 39 | #89 | 3,628 |
| 1987 | #2,780 | 35 | #91 | 3,307 |
| 1986 | #2,724 | 35 | #88 | 3,293 |
| 1985 | #3,084 | 29 | #88 | 3,341 |
| 1984 | #2,625 | 35 | #90 | 3,178 |
| 1983 | #2,783 | 31 | #95 | 2,970 |
| 1982 | #2,581 | 36 | #99 | 3,002 |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 | #104 | 2,840 |
| 1980 | #3,318 | 25 | #107 | 2,822 |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 | #105 | 2,634 |
| 1978 | #2,801 | 29 | #103 | 2,549 |
| 1977 | #3,083 | 25 | #104 | 2,548 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 23 | #100 | 2,528 |
| 1975 | #3,514 | 19 | #95 | 2,680 |
| 1974 | #2,922 | 24 | #96 | 2,621 |
| 1973 | #2,629 | 27 | #103 | 2,579 |
| 1972 | #2,356 | 31 | #107 | 2,619 |
| 1971 | #2,542 | 29 | #113 | 2,885 |
| 1970 | #2,647 | 27 | #106 | 3,089 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 | #102 | 3,042 |
| 1968 | #2,056 | 34 | #101 | 2,940 |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 | #97 | 3,194 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 | #101 | 3,267 |
| 1965 | #2,293 | 27 | #98 | 3,682 |
| 1964 | #2,475 | 25 | #97 | 3,943 |
| 1963 | #2,704 | 21 | #97 | 4,056 |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 | #96 | 4,208 |
| 1961 | #2,197 | 29 | #99 | 4,301 |
| 1960 | #2,246 | 27 | #103 | 4,188 |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 | #107 | 3,815 |
| 1958 | #2,260 | 25 | #107 | 3,739 |
| 1957 | #2,563 | 20 | #98 | 4,080 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 | #96 | 3,908 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | #101 | 3,437 |
| 1954 | #2,186 | 24 | #103 | 3,367 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #106 | 3,099 |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 | #107 | 2,996 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | #110 | 2,733 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #106 | 2,713 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | #116 | 2,519 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | #115 | 2,477 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | #121 | 2,355 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | #120 | 2,130 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | #95 | 2,631 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #107 | 2,162 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | #97 | 2,613 |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 | #99 | 2,397 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #118 | 1,667 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #120 | 1,567 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #119 | 1,475 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #117 | 1,561 |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 | #117 | 1,542 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #116 | 1,517 |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 | #116 | 1,545 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | #122 | 1,420 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #116 | 1,431 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | #110 | 1,612 |
| 1931 | #1,803 | 19 | #109 | 1,623 |
| 1930 | #1,875 | 19 | #100 | 1,844 |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | #100 | 1,941 |
| 1928 | #2,284 | 15 | #99 | 1,946 |
| 1927 | #2,339 | 15 | #98 | 1,983 |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 | #94 | 2,016 |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 | #89 | 2,119 |
| 1924 | #1,770 | 24 | #90 | 2,189 |
| 1923 | #2,021 | 19 | #88 | 2,226 |
| 1922 | #2,479 | 14 | #86 | 2,322 |
| 1921 | #2,120 | 18 | #83 | 2,407 |
| 1920 | #2,079 | 18 | #81 | 2,349 |
| 1919 | #2,264 | 15 | #68 | 2,751 |
| 1918 | #2,674 | 12 | #63 | 3,183 |
| 1917 | #1,652 | 22 | #78 | 2,207 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 | #78 | 2,215 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #74 | 2,211 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | #76 | 1,559 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #80 | 1,177 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 | #81 | 989 |
| 1911 | — | #81 | 493 | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #90 | 372 |
| 1909 | — | #89 | 320 | |
| 1908 | — | #88 | 308 | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | #99 | 245 |
| 1906 | — | #93 | 249 | |
| 1905 | — | #90 | 268 | |
| 1904 | — | #98 | 218 | |
| 1903 | — | #98 | 196 | |
| 1902 | — | #97 | 205 | |
| 1901 | — | #100 | 169 | |
| 1900 | — | #92 | 269 | |
| 1899 | — | #100 | 175 | |
| 1898 | — | #97 | 205 | |
| 1897 | — | #95 | 190 | |
| 1896 | — | #96 | 201 | |
| 1895 | — | #98 | 196 | |
| 1894 | — | #100 | 180 | |
| 1893 | — | #103 | 172 | |
| 1892 | — | #96 | 200 | |
| 1891 | — | #103 | 154 | |
| 1890 | — | #114 | 138 | |
| 1889 | — | #104 | 158 | |
| 1888 | — | #120 | 134 | |
| 1887 | — | #113 | 119 | |
| 1886 | — | #105 | 146 | |
| 1885 | — | #100 | 143 | |
| 1884 | — | #116 | 124 | |
| 1883 | — | #125 | 99 | |
| 1882 | — | #127 | 109 | |
| 1881 | — | #112 | 110 | |
| 1880 | — | #135 | 100 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1918 at #63 (3,183 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 74 yrs · run 1894–1930
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 318 boys born in 1918 were named Victor (0.31%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,026 boys born in 2025 (0.10%)
- 12.4% of all boys named Victor (41,072) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,242 | #100 (1885) | #116 |
| 1890s | 1,811 | #95 (1897) | #100 |
| 1900s | 2,447 | #88 (1908) | #94 |
| 1910s | 17,157 | #63 (1918) | #77 |
| 1920s | 21,498 | #81 (1920) | #91 |
| 1930s | 15,570 | #100 (1930) | #114 |
| 1940s | 22,518 | #95 (1945) | #111 |
| 1950s | 33,887 | #96 (1956) | #104 |
| 1960s | 36,821 | #96 (1962) | #99 |
| 1970s | 26,732 | #95 (1975) | #103 |
| 1980s | 32,286 | #88 (1985) | #94 |
| 1990s | 41,072 | #82 (1990) | #93 |
| 2000s | 40,686 | #96 (2003) | #103 |
| 2010s | 26,144 | #128 (2010) | #155 |
| 2020s | 10,542 | #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 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 57,331 of them was named Victor, which outranked 75.0% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,931Vasiliki29
- #2,931Zipporah29
- #2,931Zulma29
- #2,997Victor28
- #2,997Africa28
- #2,997Ambrosia28
- #2,997Angelle28
- #3,078Akisha27
- #3,078Alea27
- #3,078Amal27
Tied with 80 names at #2,997; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 654 of them was named Victor, which outranked 98.5% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.