Hector — #380 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hector

The Social Security Administration has registered 107,937 babies named Hector between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hector currently holds the #380 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 2,458 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hector performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 20,880 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Hector shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 30,679 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Hector in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hector in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 107,937 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.