NameTides

Victor

Victor was the #209 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,664 babies), and #312 in England & Wales and #84 in Canada.

Victor as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Victor as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSIrelandEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandScotland
Victor as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#209 (1,664)#312 (143)#495 (6)#395 (3)#232 (20)#84 (349)—
2024#213 (1,684)#274 (167)#432 (7)#404 (3)#302 (13)#81 (351)—
2023#217 (1,697)#280 (164)#435 (7)—#224 (20)#74 (366)—
2022#214 (1,772)#250 (188)#472 (6)#414 (3)#276 (17)#76 (383)—
2021#209 (1,819)#239 (210)#477 (6)—#239 (20)#69 (458)—
2020#200 (1,906)#248 (191)#305 (12)#392 (3)#226 (21)#66 (452)—
2019#186 (2,105)#234 (215)#334 (10)—#295 (15)#69 (467)—
2018#177 (2,224)#235 (220)#361 (9)#365 (4)#247 (20)#63 (506)—
2017#165 (2,410)#227 (236)#304 (13)#318 (5)#234 (23)#63 (493)—
2016#164 (2,464)#238 (232)#401 (8)#421 (3)#214 (26)#69 (492)—
2015#161 (2,573)#249 (212)#337 (10)#342 (4)#210 (26)#71 (506)—
2014#151 (2,690)#243 (227)#276 (15)#398 (3)#255 (20)#86 (432)—
2013#143 (2,731)#241 (210)#357 (10)—#237 (23)#89 (437)—
2012#135 (2,873)#274 (170)#337 (10)#403 (3)#208 (28)#98 (405)—
2011#142 (2,893)#255 (189)#288 (13)—#256 (20)#100 (402)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1918 at #63.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 460common

Next year

On its recent trend, Victor is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 1,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Victor by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #317WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #206NHWashington: #193WAIdaho: #256IDMontana: #173MTNorth Dakota: #136NDMinnesota: #237MNIllinois: #205ILMichigan: #294MINew York: #233NYMassachusetts: #289MAOregon: #247ORNevada: #155NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #293IAIndiana: #254INOhio: #306OHPennsylvania: #280PANew Jersey: #192NJConnecticut: #296CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #145CAUtah: #378UTColorado: #197CONebraska: #266NEMissouri: #489MOKentucky: #485KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #237VAMaryland: #233MDDelaware: #203DEArizona: #129AZNew Mexico: #236NMKansas: #219KSArkansas: #353ARTennessee: #335TNNorth Carolina: #256NCSouth Carolina: #327SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #232OKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: #281MSAlabama: #301ALGeorgia: #337GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #129TXFlorida: #194FL
Victor (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#25241
Ontario2024#24855

Victor (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
VictorCanadaBoys#84349
VictorEngland & WalesBoys#312143
VictorIrelandBoys#23220
VictorNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
VictorNSWBoys—too few
VictorScotlandBoys#4956
VictorUSGirls—too few
VictorUSBoys#2091,664