Hector
Hector is ranked 380th among boys in 2024 (858 births). Its best rank was 156th, in 1990, 1992.
- Rank in 2024
- #380up 4 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 8580.05% of boys
- Peak year
- 20052,458 births
- Best rank
- #156first in 1990
- Since 1880
- 107,937people given the name
The story in the numbers
107,937 boys have been named Hector in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2005, with 2,458 births — 0.12% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 292 → 380).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 2000s alone account for 19%. It has spent 143 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Hector | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 95 | |
| 1890s | 103 | |
| 1900s | 125 | |
| 1910s | 694 | |
| 1920s | 1,482 | |
| 1930s | 1,793 | |
| 1940s | 2,825 | |
| 1950s | 7,101 | |
| 1960s | 9,605 | |
| 1970s | 12,129 | |
| 1980s | 15,107 | |
| 1990s | 19,491 | |
| 2000s | 20,880 | |
| 2010s | 12,136 | |
| 2020s | 4,371 |
In 2005, its biggest year
Hector was the 167th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2005 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2005.
Names that rose and fell with Hector
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Carlospeak 2001
- Rogeliopeak 2005
- Ricardopeak 1998
- Juanpeak 2005
- Guillermopeak 1998
- Arturopeak 2005
- Efrainpeak 1993
- Juliopeak 1990
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.