Total births
101
Boys' name · since 2005
Hektor
101 babies named Hektor in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 101
- total births
- 2005–2022
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
Hektor sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 101 recorded since 2005.
Hektor has 101 recorded births among boys since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2022.
- 101 total births
- 2005–2022 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 47% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
101 boys have been named Hektor since 2005, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2022.
- 101
- total births
- 2005–2022
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade
47% of everyone ever named Hektor was born in this single decade.
2009
Single peak year
11 babies were named Hektor in 2009 - its busiest year on record.
Hektor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Hektor splits its recorded history at 2014: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2012 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Hektor at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
2009
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2005
Hektor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2022
- Peak year (2009)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Hektor by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Hektor's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Hektor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
30 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
- 2020s
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 47 births (47% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Hektor? ▼
Hektor has been given to 101 babies in the U.S. since 2005, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2022. 11 babies were born in 2009, its single highest year.
When was Hektor most popular? ▼
Hektor was most popular in the 2010s decade with 47 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Hektor been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Hektor since 2005 -- 18 years through the most recent 2022 data.
What to do with Hektor's data
- Hektor's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (47 total births) through the 2020s (24) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2005–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Hektor: Baby Name Since 2005 - 101 Births, Peak 2009." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/hektor. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hektor draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.