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.

Horatio

#3,851 most common boys' name of all time · #9,377 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#3,851
Rank overall
#9,377 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
122 of 146
All-time
1,443
Since 2016
95
Peak year
2007 #2,920
Best rank
#475 1880
Girls Boys peak 40/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Horatio 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 — 6 6 #10,706
2024 — 8 8 #8,999
2022 — 8 8 #9,001
2021 — 12 12 #6,699
2020 — 12 12 #6,628
2019 — 8 8 #8,900
2018 — 13 13 #6,349
2017 — 12 12 #6,695
2016 — 16 16 #5,559
2015 — 9 9 #8,053
2014 — 10 10 #7,565
2013 — 15 15 #5,663
2012 — 11 11 #7,055
2011 — 10 10 #7,509
2010 — 29 29 #3,634
2009 — 28 28 #3,723
2008 — 28 28 #3,747
2007 — 40 40 #2,920
2006 — 9 9 #8,004
2005 — 22 22 #4,064
2004 — 12 12 #6,144
2003 — 10 10 #6,726
2002 — 9 9 #7,061
2001 — 8 8 #7,549
2000 — 7 7 #8,221
1999 — 9 9 #6,540
1998 — 12 12 #5,164
1997 — 13 13 #4,673
1996 — 7 7 #7,151
1995 — 5 5 #8,884
1994 — 7 7 #6,984
1993 — 11 11 #5,012
1992 — 5 5 #8,456
1991 — 14 14 #4,015
1990 — 9 9 #5,397
1989 — 18 18 #3,210
1988 — 17 17 #3,088
1987 — 12 12 #3,744
1986 — 13 13 #3,451
1985 — 9 9 #4,353
1984 — 8 8 #4,567
1983 — 14 14 #3,083
1982 — 13 13 #3,288
1981 — 15 15 #2,905
1980 — 13 13 #3,261
1979 — 11 11 #3,579
1978 — 18 18 #2,478
1977 — 14 14 #2,912
1976 — 20 20 #2,250
1975 — 13 13 #2,911
1974 — 24 24 #1,891
1973 — 19 19 #2,131
1972 — 12 12 #2,826
1971 — 17 17 #2,285
1970 — 16 16 #2,302
1969 — 8 8 #3,325
1968 — 9 9 #2,912
1967 — 12 12 #2,366
1966 — 7 7 #3,261
1965 — 17 17 #1,923
1963 — 9 9 #2,870
1962 — 7 7 #3,318
1961 — 13 13 #2,327
1960 — 6 6 #3,680
1959 — 14 14 #2,206
1958 — 10 10 #2,650
1957 — 11 11 #2,504
1955 — 9 9 #2,772
1954 — 7 7 #3,195
1953 — 13 13 #2,190
1952 — 8 8 #2,887
1951 — 18 18 #1,782
1950 — 8 8 #2,791
1949 — 8 8 #2,820
1948 — 10 10 #2,456
1947 — 10 10 #2,509
1943 — 11 11 #2,284
1940 — 5 5 #3,483
1939 — 10 10 #2,308
1938 — 6 6 #3,199
1937 — 6 6 #3,195
1936 — 12 12 #2,077
1933 — 11 11 #2,225
1932 — 10 10 #2,482
1931 — 9 9 #2,665
1930 — 13 13 #2,189
1929 — 10 10 #2,597
1928 — 14 14 #2,169
1927 — 6 6 #3,804
1926 — 13 13 #2,315
1925 — 14 14 #2,202
1924 — 18 18 #1,904
1923 — 15 15 #2,129
1922 — 21 21 #1,702
1921 — 19 19 #1,837
1920 — 21 21 #1,699
1919 — 14 14 #2,157
1918 — 20 20 #1,714
1917 — 11 11 #2,435
1916 — 19 19 #1,648
1915 — 15 15 #1,889
1914 — 20 20 #1,347
1913 — 17 17 #1,263
1912 — 12 12 #1,426
1909 — 6 6 #1,294
1906 — 7 7 #1,022
1905 — 5 5 #1,257
1900 — 6 6 #1,184
1899 — 9 9 #728
1898 — 5 5 #1,145
1896 — 6 6 #1,001
1895 — 5 5 #1,102
1894 — 6 6 #981
1893 — 6 6 #927
1890 — 6 6 #906
1887 — 6 6 #833
1886 — 6 6 #864
1885 — 5 5 #964
1883 — 5 5 #907
1882 — 6 6 #848
1881 — 7 7 #717
1880 — 15 15 #475