Horace — #5222 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Horace

The Social Security Administration has registered 54,141 babies named Horace between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Horace currently holds the #5222 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 1,313 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Horace performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 11,777 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Horace shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5,765 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Horace in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Horace 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 54,141 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.