How Many People Are Named Hector?
people named Hector are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,539 people in the US has this name
Based on 109,209 babies named Hector in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,458 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Spanish form of HECTOR.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Hector (99.5%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hector alive today is about 33 years old, and 47% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 47 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hector first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2005, to 2,458 babies. In 2025, 779 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hector has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #156, in 1990 and 1992. In 2025 it ranked #409.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #409 |
| Best rank | #156 (1990 and 1992) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #187 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hector alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hector were born in California than in any other state: about 28,556 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hector was given 3.1 times as often in Texas, 2.6 times in Arizona and 2.4 times in California.
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