How Many People Are Named Horace?
people named Horace are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 22,981 people in the US has this name
Based on 54,356 babies named Horace in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,313 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
English and French form of HORATIUS, and the name by which the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus is commonly known those languages. In the modern era it has been used as a given name since the Renaissance, in honour of the poet.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Horace (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Horace alive today is about 64 years old, and 66% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 53 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Horace first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 1,313 babies. In 2025, 14 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Horace never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #79, in 1880, and it was in the top 100 in 17 years between 1880 and 1902. In 2025 it ranked #6,241.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,241 |
| Best rank | #79 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | 17 (1880 to 1902) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #141 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Horace alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Horace were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 1,854 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Horace was given 4.5 times as often in Georgia, 3.3 times in Alabama and 3.3 times in Florida.
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