Horacio
Horacio is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 37 births. Its best rank was 996th, in 1977.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 370.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 2001106 births
- Best rank
- #996in 1977
- Since 1914
- 4,472people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,472 boys have been named Horacio in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2001, with 106 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1989, and the 2000s alone account for 19%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Horacio | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 39 | |
| 1920s | 155 | |
| 1930s | 175 | |
| 1940s | 137 | |
| 1950s | 244 | |
| 1960s | 313 | |
| 1970s | 538 | |
| 1980s | 666 | |
| 1990s | 833 | |
| 2000s | 834 | |
| 2010s | 378 | |
| 2020s | 160 |
In 2001, its biggest year
Horacio was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2001 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2001.
Names that rose and fell with Horacio
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ernestopeak 2003
- Raymundopeak 1994
- Armandopeak 1997
- Claudiopeak 1996
- Arturopeak 2005
- Humbertopeak 1992
- Ramiropeak 2001
- Robertopeak 1991
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.