Boys' name · since 1934
Horst
83 babies named Horst in U.S. Social Security records since 1934, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,632 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 83
- born since 1934
- 1960s
- peak decade
Horst sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 83 recorded since 1934.
Social Security Administration records show Horst recorded 83 times among boys since 1934, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1934 to 1968.
- #18,632 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 83 born since 1934
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Horst ranks #18,632 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 83 born since 1934, peaking in the 1960s.
- #18,632 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 83
- born since 1934
- 1960s
- peak decade
Horst's 83 recorded births place it above 58.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Horst's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Horst's full recorded timeline at 1962, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1938, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1967 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Horst popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1934–1968
- Peak year (1967)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Horst by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (57 births, 69% of the file).
1960s was Horst's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Horst births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1960s
1960s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 57 births (69% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Horst: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~34 yrs)
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, 1934–1968 (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 Horst 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.