Hector

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #409in 2025
  • 1 in 2,192boys in 2025
  • −27%last ten years
  • 2.9×in Arizona

Most popular in 2005. Quieter now: down 27% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

06161,23118801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 145 recorded years as a table
Hector, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880136
188160
188253
188396
188496
188583
188654
188769
1888149
188963
189054
1891128
1892123
189353
189469
189560
1896100
1897124
189882
1899113
1900126
190147
190392
1904133
190591
190690
1907109
190897
1909110
191093
1911155
1912119
191399
191489
1915127
1916102
191792
191889
1919109
1920112
1921117
1922113
1923116
1924123
1925124
1926131
1927162
1928168
1929179
1930180
1931182
1932165
1933200
1934179
1935168
1936160
1937146
1938165
1939155
1940166
1941145
1942140
1943168
1944177
1945192
1946185
1947182
1948241
1949263
1950264
1951313
1952309
1953317
1954318
1955388
1956379
1957375
1958395
1959429
1960408
1961423
1962447
1963472
1964474
1965520
1966526
1967537
1968598
1969630
1970605
1971665
1972688
1973766
1974771
1975797
1976799
1977696
1978757
1979825
1980812
1981787
1982840
1983764
1984740
1985807
1986800
1987853
1988865
1989903
1990969
19911,008
19921,010
19931,036
19941,021
1995986
19961,038
1997992
1998950
1999997
20001,008
2001981
20021,000
20031,011
20041,010
20051,231
20061,132
20071,081
20081,068
2009930
2010814
2011745
2012698
2013665
2014632
2015623
2016580
2017580
2018557
2019549
2020496
2021515
2022531
2023486
2024501
2025456

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Arizona 2.9×
  2. Texas 2.5×
  3. California 2.0×
  4. Nevada 1.8×
  5. Colorado 1.5×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
779
Rank in 2025
#409
How rare
1 in 2,192 boys
Since 1880
108,728

Most popular in 2005, at 1,231 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 27% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Arizona2.9×138
Texas2.5×646
California2.0×509
Nevada1.8×29
Colorado1.5×55

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.