How Many People Are Named Victor?
people named Victor are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,437 people in the US has this name
Based on 332,220 babies named Victor in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
4,472 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Spanish and Catalan form of VICTOR.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Victor, 0.6% were girls and 99.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Victor alive today is about 39 years old, and 39% are under 30. Half of them were between 21 and 58 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Victor first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1990, to 4,472 babies. In 2025, 1,664 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Victor never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #63, in 1918, and it was in the top 100 in 74 years between 1885 and 2003. In 2025 it ranked #211.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #211 |
| Best rank | #63 (1918) |
| Years in the top 100 | 74 (1885 to 2003) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #93 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Victor alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Victor were born in California than in any other state: about 53,529 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Victor was given 1.9 times as often in California, 1.8 times in New Mexico and 1.7 times in Arizona.
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