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.

Horace

#483 most common boys' name of all time · #1,045 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#483
Rank overall
#1,045 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
54,356
Since 2016
200
Peak year
1921 #129
Best rank
#79 1880
Girls Boys peak 1,313/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Horace 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 — 14 14 #6,145
2024 — 18 18 #5,244
2023 — 18 18 #5,255
2022 — 22 22 #4,570
2021 — 17 17 #5,338
2020 — 18 18 #5,041
2019 — 22 22 #4,481
2018 — 20 20 #4,739
2017 — 28 28 #3,782
2016 — 23 23 #4,327
2015 — 23 23 #4,296
2014 — 40 40 #2,886
2013 — 17 17 #5,173
2012 — 26 26 #3,894
2011 — 35 35 #3,164
2010 — 28 28 #3,709
2009 — 21 21 #4,582
2008 — 28 28 #3,745
2007 — 27 27 #3,795
2006 — 30 30 #3,451
2005 — 35 35 #2,960
2004 — 48 48 #2,344
2003 — 38 38 #2,620
2002 — 38 38 #2,557
2001 — 59 59 #1,871
2000 — 60 60 #1,799
1999 — 46 46 #2,063
1998 — 50 50 #1,931
1997 — 47 47 #1,933
1996 — 61 61 #1,599
1995 — 70 70 #1,417
1994 — 81 81 #1,297
1993 — 90 90 #1,179
1992 — 91 91 #1,158
1991 — 112 112 #1,017
1990 — 105 105 #1,035
1989 — 114 114 #956
1988 — 103 103 #950
1987 — 83 83 #1,047
1986 — 104 104 #892
1985 — 99 99 #910
1984 — 112 112 #827
1983 — 115 115 #813
1982 — 141 141 #733
1981 — 125 125 #780
1980 — 122 122 #792
1979 — 155 155 #684
1978 — 146 146 #693
1977 — 158 158 #672
1976 — 163 163 #646
1975 — 146 146 #682
1974 — 174 174 #608
1973 — 174 174 #599
1972 — 204 204 #562
1971 — 255 255 #511
1970 — 241 241 #519
1969 — 226 226 #519
1968 — 247 247 #481
1967 — 273 273 #457
1966 — 271 271 #463
1965 — 306 306 #442
1964 — 350 350 #428
1963 — 320 320 #444
1962 5 343 348 #431
1961 6 383 389 #404
1960 5 419 424 #386
1959 — 453 453 #368
1958 — 432 432 #373
1957 8 546 554 #330
1956 — 539 539 #320
1955 8 548 556 #311
1954 — 611 611 #284
1953 6 654 660 #272
1952 — 647 647 #271
1951 5 602 607 #276
1950 — 687 687 #251
1949 13 685 698 #246
1948 7 719 726 #240
1947 — 741 741 #237
1946 — 669 669 #233
1945 — 598 598 #225
1944 — 648 648 #215
1943 6 684 690 #213
1942 — 730 730 #208
1941 — 741 741 #193
1940 — 661 661 #199
1939 7 711 718 #188
1938 5 723 728 #188
1937 8 745 753 #180
1936 — 691 691 #188
1935 — 788 788 #174
1934 7 816 823 #170
1933 8 865 873 #165
1932 6 883 889 #168
1931 — 931 931 #160
1930 5 973 978 #158
1929 10 1,004 1,014 #153
1928 7 1,098 1,105 #147
1927 11 1,180 1,191 #145
1926 9 1,107 1,116 #149
1925 11 1,140 1,151 #145
1924 — 1,166 1,166 #143
1923 9 1,242 1,251 #134
1922 — 1,251 1,251 #132
1921 — 1,313 1,313 #129
1920 7 1,276 1,283 #128
1919 6 1,215 1,221 #127
1918 — 1,199 1,199 #132
1917 — 1,182 1,182 #125
1916 — 1,106 1,106 #126
1915 11 1,114 1,125 #122
1914 6 840 846 #125
1913 — 657 657 #123
1912 — 615 615 #119
1911 — 300 300 #123
1910 — 261 261 #123
1909 — 252 252 #109
1908 — 235 235 #108
1907 — 223 223 #108
1906 — 202 202 #106
1905 — 212 212 #101
1904 — 205 205 #102
1903 — 175 175 #111
1902 — 199 199 #100
1901 — 178 178 #96
1900 — 244 244 #97
1899 — 169 169 #105
1898 — 189 189 #101
1897 — 160 160 #107
1896 — 204 204 #95
1895 — 211 211 #90
1894 — 196 196 #97
1893 — 171 171 #104
1892 — 187 187 #100
1891 — 165 165 #97
1890 — 162 162 #103
1889 — 166 166 #100
1888 — 165 165 #103
1887 — 160 160 #96
1886 — 156 156 #99
1885 — 155 155 #94
1884 — 154 154 #98
1883 — 167 167 #83
1882 — 176 176 #88
1881 — 152 152 #85
1880 — 199 199 #79