NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Hector Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Hector: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 108,728 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
108,728
Peak year
2005 #167
Years on the list
145
10-year trend
-14.4%

In the 2000s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
20111,414#248
20121,325#267
20131,257#277
20141,214#292
20151,194#303
20161,100#319
20171,074#318
20181,012#331
2019985#341
2020856#365
2021901#361
2022927#355
2023831#385
2024864#379
2025779#409

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 2005

CA
685
TX
553
AZ
132
IL
120
FL
111
NY
89

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