Horatio — #8952 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Horatio

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,437 babies named Horatio between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Horatio currently holds the #8952 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Horatio performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 173 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Horatio shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Horatio in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Horatio 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 1,437 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.