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.

#17,352 of 45,481
all-time among boys
101
born since 2005
2010s
peak 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.

  • #17,352 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 101 born since 2005
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hektor ranks #17,352 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 101 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.

#17,352 of 45,481
all-time among boys
101
born since 2005
2010s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Hektor's 101 recorded births place it above 61.75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

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 popularity over time

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

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2009)
11
Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
4681012 20052008201120132015201920212022 5

Hektor by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (47 births, 47% of the file).

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

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 47 births (47% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

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 archive ordinal is #17,352 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 2022. 11 babies were born in 2009, its single highest year.
Where does Hektor sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hektor ranks #17,352 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
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.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Hektor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 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).

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 August 2026.