Rector — boys' name

What the Data Says About Rector

The Social Security Administration has registered 101 babies named Rector between 1912 and 1945, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rector currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1945. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rector performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rector shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Rector in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rector 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 101 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.