Horice — boys' name
97 babies named Horice in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Horice was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Horice in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Horice
The Social Security Administration has registered 97 babies named Horice between 1912 and 1948, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Horice currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1948. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Horice performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Horice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Horice 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 97 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.
Horice at a glance
Last recorded 1948Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Horice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1912
- Peak year (1920)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1948.
97 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 9 births in a single year.
Horice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 53 births that decade — 55% of Horice's all-time total
Horice decade highlights
- Peak decade 53 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Horice's strongest decade
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
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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, 1912–1948 (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.