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 2011
Top girls' names in 2011
Top boys' names in 2011
More about 2011
girls
1,759,066 girls got a published name in 2011; 1 in 351,813 of them was named Victor, which outranked 14.4% of the 19,590 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,899,252 boys got a published name in 2011; 1 in 656 of them was named Victor, which outranked 99.0% of the 14,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.