Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Hector

#298 most common boys' name of all time · #653 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#298
Rank overall
#653 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
109,209
Since 2016
9,329
Peak year
2005 #167
Best rank
#156 1990
Girls Boys peak 2,458/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Hector is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 779 779 #409
2024 — 864 864 #380
2023 — 831 831 #385
2022 — 927 927 #355
2021 — 901 901 #361
2020 — 856 856 #365
2019 — 985 985 #341
2018 — 1,012 1,012 #331
2017 — 1,074 1,074 #318
2016 — 1,100 1,100 #319
2015 — 1,194 1,194 #303
2014 — 1,214 1,214 #292
2013 — 1,257 1,257 #277
2012 — 1,325 1,325 #267
2011 — 1,414 1,414 #248
2010 — 1,562 1,562 #226
2009 — 1,845 1,845 #204
2008 7 2,179 2,186 #182
2007 — 2,243 2,243 #183
2006 — 2,327 2,327 #175
2005 — 2,458 2,458 #167
2004 5 2,004 2,009 #192
2003 — 1,998 1,998 #189
2002 — 1,942 1,942 #195
2001 5 1,905 1,910 #193
2000 — 1,979 1,979 #185
1999 5 1,915 1,920 #183
1998 — 1,815 1,815 #185
1997 — 1,870 1,870 #179
1996 12 1,966 1,978 #172
1995 11 1,877 1,888 #175
1994 18 1,973 1,991 #161
1993 18 2,032 2,050 #158
1992 13 2,018 2,031 #156
1991 16 2,036 2,052 #158
1990 12 1,991 2,003 #156
1989 11 1,806 1,817 #167
1988 18 1,656 1,674 #170
1987 19 1,592 1,611 #172
1986 18 1,474 1,492 #181
1985 14 1,492 1,506 #178
1984 16 1,336 1,352 #185
1983 13 1,369 1,382 #184
1982 13 1,525 1,538 #172
1981 6 1,410 1,416 #177
1980 21 1,448 1,469 #169
1979 16 1,421 1,437 #167
1978 14 1,243 1,257 #191
1977 8 1,144 1,152 #200
1976 11 1,254 1,265 #180
1975 14 1,245 1,259 #182
1974 18 1,213 1,231 #185
1973 8 1,194 1,202 #190
1972 14 1,115 1,129 #204
1971 9 1,176 1,185 #204
1970 11 1,125 1,136 #220
1969 6 1,127 1,133 #215
1968 9 1,039 1,048 #220
1967 7 936 943 #233
1966 — 938 938 #231
1965 7 967 974 #235
1964 8 945 953 #250
1963 10 958 968 #248
1962 7 924 931 #254
1961 6 899 905 #261
1960 — 871 871 #271
1959 7 915 922 #265
1958 — 839 839 #268
1957 5 808 813 #264
1956 — 801 801 #256
1955 — 800 800 #247
1954 5 649 654 #277
1953 — 626 626 #279
1952 — 600 600 #283
1951 5 590 595 #280
1950 — 473 473 #315
1949 — 467 467 #313
1948 — 423 423 #326
1947 — 333 333 #378
1946 — 300 300 #376
1945 — 258 258 #374
1944 — 241 241 #388
1943 — 240 240 #396
1942 — 193 193 #445
1941 — 178 178 #436
1940 — 192 192 #422
1939 — 172 172 #433
1938 — 183 183 #422
1937 — 156 156 #450
1936 — 166 166 #433
1935 5 175 180 #420
1934 — 185 185 #411
1933 — 198 198 #387
1932 — 172 172 #426
1931 — 189 189 #408
1930 — 198 198 #420
1929 — 192 192 #426
1928 — 186 186 #439
1927 — 182 182 #453
1926 — 146 146 #499
1925 — 138 138 #523
1924 — 139 139 #535
1923 — 127 127 #545
1922 — 123 123 #576
1921 — 129 129 #551
1920 — 119 119 #573
1919 — 107 107 #580
1918 — 90 90 #649
1917 — 85 85 #645
1916 — 91 91 #612
1915 — 108 108 #537
1914 — 58 58 #668
1913 — 51 51 #620
1912 — 51 51 #563
1911 — 35 35 #501
1910 — 18 18 #715
1909 — 18 18 #639
1908 — 15 15 #689
1907 — 16 16 #643
1906 — 12 12 #723
1905 — 12 12 #703
1904 — 17 17 #550
1903 — 11 11 #708
1901 — 5 5 #1,080
1900 — 19 19 #566
1899 — 12 12 #593
1898 — 10 10 #712
1897 — 14 14 #563
1896 — 12 12 #652
1895 — 7 7 #889
1894 — 8 8 #801
1893 — 6 6 #926
1892 — 15 15 #534
1891 — 13 13 #507
1890 — 6 6 #905
1889 — 7 7 #810
1888 — 18 18 #452
1887 — 7 7 #761
1886 — 6 6 #863
1885 — 9 9 #647
1884 — 11 11 #580
1883 — 10 10 #605
1882 — 6 6 #847
1881 — 6 6 #791
1880 — 15 15 #474