Horatio
Horatio was given to 6 boys in 2025, #11,167 among boys’ names; 1,443 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Horatio by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Horatio mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Horatio is “a male given name from Latin.” Its etymology gives the sense “timekeeper” (possibly).
From Latin Horātius, a Roman gens name of uncertain meaning, possibly “timekeeper”. Doublet of Horace.
/həˈɹeɪʃiəʊ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Horatio?
#11,167 among boys’ names, 2025
Horatio fell from #8,282 in 2015 to #11,167 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 4.7 to 3.5 per million.
40 babies in 2007, the peak
Horatio peaked in 2007, when 40 boys were given it, #2,943 among boys’ names. The 6 births of 2025 are 15% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #11,167 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 8 | #9,321 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 8 | #9,304 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,847 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,764 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 8 | #9,193 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,485 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,844 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,643 | 0.01 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,282 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (122)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 10 | #7,761 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,760 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,219 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,695 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,660 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,757 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,766 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 40 | #2,943 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 9 | #8,256 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,104 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,272 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,905 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,251 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,806 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,521 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,721 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,258 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,765 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,428 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 5 | #9,380 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 7 | #7,256 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 11 | #5,137 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,934 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 14 | #4,082 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,535 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,249 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,124 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,820 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,521 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,462 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,718 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,138 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,374 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,954 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,324 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,660 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,515 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,967 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,277 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,973 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 24 | #1,905 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,163 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,897 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,317 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,336 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,420 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,983 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,405 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,356 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,956 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,939 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,443 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 13 | #2,368 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,822 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 14 | #2,242 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,712 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,546 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,861 | under 0.01 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,284 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,227 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,965 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 18 | #1,800 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,882 | under 0.01 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,884 | under 0.01 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,516 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,570 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,329 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,674 | under 0.01 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,349 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,329 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,318 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,120 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,285 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,536 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,753 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,234 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,675 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,211 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,959 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,354 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,252 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 18 | #1,929 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,171 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,726 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,859 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,724 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,195 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,740 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,487 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,663 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,917 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,364 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,284 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,470 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,365 | 0.04 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,058 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,319 | 0.04 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,232 | 0.04 |
| 1899 | 9 | #748 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,211 | 0.04 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,042 | 0.05 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,164 | 0.04 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,013 | 0.05 |
| 1893 | 6 | #960 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 6 | #939 | 0.05 |
| 1887 | 6 | #868 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 6 | #899 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,012 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 5 | #963 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 6 | #888 | 0.05 |
| 1881 | 7 | #743 | 0.07 |
| 1880 | 15 | #474 | 0.14 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Horatio a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Horatio has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 122 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Horatio: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Horatio, and how old are they?
An estimated 874 Americans named Horatio and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (61% of everyone recorded); the median is 37 years old and half are between 18 and 53. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 1,011 people named Horatio (2 women and girls, 1,009 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 877 born in the U.S. The Census count is 15% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Horatio
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
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