Recorded 2005–2022 Boys' name Peak 2009 101 births

Hektor — boys' name

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.

2000s302010s472020s24
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.

What the Data Says About Hektor

The Social Security Administration has registered 101 babies named Hektor between 2005 and 2022, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hektor currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hektor performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Hektor shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hektor 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 101 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.

Hektor at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

101

Since 2005

18 years of records

Peak year

2009

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2005

Recorded for 18 years

Last year on file: 2022

Hektor popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2005

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2009)
11
Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
4681012 20222020201620142012200920062005 6

Hektor by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
47 births that decade — 47% of Hektor's all-time total
2000s302010s472020s24

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Hektor?
101 babies have been named Hektor since 2005. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2009 with 11 births.
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?
Hektor has been recorded in Social Security data since 2005, spanning 18 years of data through 2022.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2005–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.