Victor — #214 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Victor

The Social Security Administration has registered 328,729 babies named Victor between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Victor currently holds the #214 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 4,445 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Victor performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 41,068 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Victor shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 60,951 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Victor in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Victor 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 328,729 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.