Victor

Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215 · #209 for boys in 2025, 1,664 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1918 · 3,183 births
Debut · boys
100 births
In top 100 · boys
74 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
330,413
since 1880

Victor over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201901peak #63, 1918boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2091,664
2024—#2131,684
2023—#2171,697
2022—#2141,772
2021—#2091,819
2020—#2001,906
2019—#1862,105
2018—#1772,224
2017—#1652,410
2016#16,2155#1642,464
2015—#1612,573
2014#16,5135#1512,690
2013#14,5826#1432,731
2012#12,1998#1352,873
2011#16,7645#1422,893
2010#14,9596#1283,181
2009—#1173,544
2008#12,5798#1123,781
2007#11,6309#1044,275
2006#9,90111#1044,312
2005#14,5026#1054,140
2004#7,07716#1024,289
2003#9,67110#964,436
2002#11,1088#1003,935
2001#8,19612#963,921
2000#8,53411#974,053
1999#8,22311#954,016
1998#6,71914#973,997
1997#6,48314#1053,701
1996#5,28018#1003,924
1995#5,01919#904,098
1994#5,24918#934,056
1993#3,98726#914,207
1992#3,50331#874,293
1991#3,20734#854,335
1990#3,81327#824,445
1989#2,61843#893,905
1988#2,70039#893,628
1987#2,78035#913,307
1986#2,72435#883,293
1985#3,08429#883,341
1984#2,62535#903,178
1983#2,78331#952,970
1982#2,58136#993,002
1981#3,85920#1042,840
1980#3,31825#1072,822
1979#2,99728#1052,634
1978#2,80129#1032,549
1977#3,08325#1042,548
1976#3,09523#1002,528
1975#3,51419#952,680
1974#2,92224#962,621
1973#2,62927#1032,579
1972#2,35631#1072,619
1971#2,54229#1132,885
1970#2,64727#1063,089
1969#3,31817#1023,042
1968#2,05634#1012,940
1967#3,08517#973,194
1966#2,66821#1013,267
1965#2,29327#983,682
1964#2,47525#973,943
1963#2,70421#974,056
1962#2,60522#964,208
1961#2,19729#994,301
1960#2,24627#1034,188
1959#2,59620#1073,815
1958#2,26025#1073,739
1957#2,56320#984,080
1956#3,18614#963,908
1955#3,37712#1013,437
1954#2,18624#1033,367
1953#5,0406#1063,099
1952#2,92114#1072,996
1951#3,28411#1102,733
1950#5,3015#1062,713
1949#2,99912#1162,519
1948#4,2057#1152,477
1947#3,44810#1212,355
1946#3,21710#1202,130
1945#2,91610#952,631
1944#4,0546#1072,162
1943#2,86111#972,613
1942#2,53713#992,397
1941#3,2528#1181,667
1940#2,73710#1201,567
1939#3,4297#1191,475
1938#2,9409#1171,561
1937#2,73510#1171,542
1936#4,1815#1161,517
1935#2,43912#1161,545
1934#2,56711#1221,420
1933#3,4067#1161,431
1932#2,49012#1101,612
1931#1,80319#1091,623
1930#1,87519#1001,844
1929#2,01117#1001,941
1928#2,28415#991,946
1927#2,33915#981,983
1926#1,99719#942,016
1925#2,01819#892,119
1924#1,77024#902,189
1923#2,02119#882,226
1922#2,47914#862,322
1921#2,12018#832,407
1920#2,07918#812,349
1919#2,26415#682,751
1918#2,67412#633,183
1917#1,65222#782,207
1916#2,49812#782,215
1915#3,4347#742,211
1914#2,6388#761,559
1913#2,8276#801,177
1912#1,84410#81989
1911—#81493
1910#2,3985#90372
1909—#89320
1908—#88308
1907#2,0615#99245
1906—#93249
1905—#90268
1904—#98218
1903—#98196
1902—#97205
1901—#100169
1900—#92269
1899—#100175
1898—#97205
1897—#95190
1896—#96201
1895—#98196
1894—#100180
1893—#103172
1892—#96200
1891—#103154
1890—#114138
1889—#104158
1888—#120134
1887—#113119
1886—#105146
1885—#100143
1884—#116124
1883—#12599
1882—#127109
1881—#112110
1880—#135100
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Victor was already there! It came in at #135, and was given to 100 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1888, when fewer than 150 boys a year got the name.

Where Victor is popular in 1901

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Victor
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 4 spots since 2024 (#213 → #209)
  • 9 spots since 2020 (#200 → #209)
  • 48 spots since 2015 (#161 → #209)
  • Biggest jump: 23 spots in 1881 (#135 → #112)
  • Biggest drop: 25 spots in 1946 (#95 → #120)
Rise & fade · boys
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1918 at #63 (3,183 births)
  • Births halved by 1933, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 74 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 74 yrs · run 1894–1930
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 318
  • Highest: 1 in 318 boys born in 1918 were named Victor (0.31%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,026 boys born in 2025 (0.10%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 12.4% of all boys named Victor (41,072) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,242#100 (1885)#116
1890s1,811#95 (1897)#100
1900s2,447#88 (1908)#94
1910s17,157#63 (1918)#77
1920s21,498#81 (1920)#91
1930s15,570#100 (1930)#114
1940s22,518#95 (1945)#111
1950s33,887#96 (1956)#104
1960s36,821#96 (1962)#99
1970s26,732#95 (1975)#103
1980s32,286#88 (1985)#94
1990s41,072#82 (1990)#93
2000s40,686#96 (2003)#103
2010s26,144#128 (2010)#155
2020s10,542#200 (2020)#210

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.

Victor in 1901

boys
#100
169 births · 1 in 630 boys

Top boys' names in 1901

  1. #1John6,900
  2. #2William5,990
  3. #3James4,735
  4. #4George3,609
  5. #5Charles3,049
  6. #6Joseph2,766
  7. #7Robert2,543
  8. #8Frank2,402
  9. #9Edward1,917
  10. #10Henry1,870
  11. #100Victor169
More about 1901

boys

106,467 boys got a published name in 1901; 1 in 630 of them was named Victor, which outranked 91.7% of the 1,210 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Victor
  1. #97Melvin176
  2. #98Jacob172
  3. #99Guy170
  4. #100Victor169
  5. #101Julius168
  6. #102Alexander162
  7. #102Ed162
Biggest movers since 1900
Risers
  1. ↑ 751Andres#1,310 → #559
  2. ↑ 714Ellwood#1,310 → #596
  3. ↑ 696Kermit#1,162 → #466
  4. ↑ 675Julia#1,162 → #487
  5. ↑ 673Kirk#1,310 → #637
Fallers
  1. ↓ 628Judge#430 → #1,058
  2. ↓ 568Lonzo#490 → #1,058
  3. ↓ 513Travis#430 → #943
  4. ↓ 503Hector#555 → #1,058
  5. ↓ 480Admiral#578 → #1,058

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1901 →