NameTides

Hector

Hector was the #409 boys' name in the US in 2025 (779 babies), and #278 in England & Wales and #591 in Canada.

Hector as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Hector as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandUSCanada
Hector as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#409 (779)#278 (162)#333 (10)—#591 (49)
2024#379 (864)#308 (145)#246 (16)—#697 (38)
2023#384 (831)#295 (152)#278 (13)#584 (5)#561 (48)
2022#355 (927)#301 (150)#256 (15)—#439 (65)
2021#361 (901)#257 (185)#191 (24)#631 (4)#485 (60)
2020#365 (856)#269 (175)#350 (10)—#461 (62)
2019#341 (985)#264 (185)#394 (8)—#563 (48)
2018#331 (1,012)#259 (197)#264 (15)#749 (3)#440 (65)
2017#318 (1,074)#282 (183)#406 (8)#495 (6)#550 (49)
2016#319 (1,100)#255 (206)#278 (15)—#808 (30)
2015#303 (1,194)#299 (155)#337 (10)—#715 (35)
2014#292 (1,214)#276 (171)#245 (18)—#681 (37)
2013#277 (1,257)#291 (153)#366 (9)#711 (3)#892 (25)
2012#267 (1,325)#307 (149)#392 (8)—#1,202 (16)
2011#248 (1,414)#321 (138)#288 (13)#730 (3)#958 (22)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2005 at #167.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Hector is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 2,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Hector by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #523WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #502WAIdaho: #435IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: #470ILMichigan: #999MINew York: #716NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #323NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #668INOhio: #1,015OHPennsylvania: #846PANew Jersey: #607NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #237CAUtah: #621UTColorado: #398CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: #569KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #587VAMaryland: #437MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #209AZNew Mexico: #360NMKansas: #297KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #452TNNorth Carolina: #485NCSouth Carolina: #743SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #504OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #573ALGeorgia: #464GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #190TXFlorida: #403FL
Hector (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#18729
Ontario2024#1,1239

Hector (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HectorCanadaBoys#59149
HectorEngland & WalesBoys#278162
HectorIrelandBoys—too few
HectorNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
HectorScotlandBoys#33310
HectorUSGirls—too few
HectorUSBoys#409779