Ector
- Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
- Peak · boys
- 1953 · 17 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 783since 1919
Ector over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Ector has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #4,520 | 20 |
| 2005 | #5,034 | 16 |
| 2004 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #5,142 | 14 |
| 2000 | #4,204 | 18 |
| 1999 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #4,197 | 16 |
| 1997 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #3,191 | 21 |
| 1994 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #3,604 | 17 |
| 1991 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #2,710 | 18 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #2,617 | 18 |
| 1979 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #2,709 | 15 |
| 1975 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #2,311 | 17 |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #1,900 | 17 |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,391 | 7 |
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First appearance
1919
The first year at least five boys were named Ector! It came in at #3,391, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1920, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Ector is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Ector in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Ector
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · boys
34 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1953 at #1,900 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 90,652
- Highest: 1 in 90,652 boys born in 1995 were named Ector (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 291,001 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,900 in 1953, was only 1 in 116,018 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 19.2% of all boys named Ector (150) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 7 | #3,391 (1919) | #3,391 |
| 1920s | 41 | #3,076 (1928) | #3,487 |
| 1930s | 18 | #3,095 (1931) | #3,342 |
| 1940s | 12 | #2,919 (1946) | #3,240 |
| 1950s | 97 | #1,900 (1953) | #2,720 |
| 1960s | 80 | #2,121 (1960) | #3,081 |
| 1970s | 101 | #2,311 (1973) | #3,627 |
| 1980s | 119 | #2,617 (1980) | #3,642 |
| 1990s | 150 | #3,191 (1995) | #4,290 |
| 2000s | 126 | #4,204 (2000) | #6,600 |
| 2010s | 26 | #8,767 (2011) | #10,366 |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,863 (2022) | #10,863 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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