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
- Peak · boys
- 1918 · 3,183 births
- Debut · boys
- 100 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 74 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 330,413since 1880
Victor over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #209 | 1,664 | |
| 2024 | — | #213 | 1,684 | |
| 2023 | — | #217 | 1,697 | |
| 2022 | — | #214 | 1,772 | |
| 2021 | — | #209 | 1,819 | |
| 2020 | — | #200 | 1,906 | |
| 2019 | — | #186 | 2,105 | |
| 2018 | — | #177 | 2,224 | |
| 2017 | — | #165 | 2,410 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #164 | 2,464 |
| 2015 | — | #161 | 2,573 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #151 | 2,690 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #143 | 2,731 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #135 | 2,873 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #142 | 2,893 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #128 | 3,181 |
| 2009 | — | #117 | 3,544 | |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #112 | 3,781 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #104 | 4,275 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | #104 | 4,312 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #105 | 4,140 |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 | #102 | 4,289 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #96 | 4,436 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #100 | 3,935 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | #96 | 3,921 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | #97 | 4,053 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | #95 | 4,016 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | #97 | 3,997 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | #105 | 3,701 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 | #100 | 3,924 |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | #90 | 4,098 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 | #93 | 4,056 |
| 1993 | #3,987 | 26 | #91 | 4,207 |
| 1992 | #3,503 | 31 | #87 | 4,293 |
| 1991 | #3,207 | 34 | #85 | 4,335 |
| 1990 | #3,813 | 27 | #82 | 4,445 |
| 1989 | #2,618 | 43 | #89 | 3,905 |
| 1988 | #2,700 | 39 | #89 | 3,628 |
| 1987 | #2,780 | 35 | #91 | 3,307 |
| 1986 | #2,724 | 35 | #88 | 3,293 |
| 1985 | #3,084 | 29 | #88 | 3,341 |
| 1984 | #2,625 | 35 | #90 | 3,178 |
| 1983 | #2,783 | 31 | #95 | 2,970 |
| 1982 | #2,581 | 36 | #99 | 3,002 |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 | #104 | 2,840 |
| 1980 | #3,318 | 25 | #107 | 2,822 |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 | #105 | 2,634 |
| 1978 | #2,801 | 29 | #103 | 2,549 |
| 1977 | #3,083 | 25 | #104 | 2,548 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 23 | #100 | 2,528 |
| 1975 | #3,514 | 19 | #95 | 2,680 |
| 1974 | #2,922 | 24 | #96 | 2,621 |
| 1973 | #2,629 | 27 | #103 | 2,579 |
| 1972 | #2,356 | 31 | #107 | 2,619 |
| 1971 | #2,542 | 29 | #113 | 2,885 |
| 1970 | #2,647 | 27 | #106 | 3,089 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 | #102 | 3,042 |
| 1968 | #2,056 | 34 | #101 | 2,940 |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 | #97 | 3,194 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 | #101 | 3,267 |
| 1965 | #2,293 | 27 | #98 | 3,682 |
| 1964 | #2,475 | 25 | #97 | 3,943 |
| 1963 | #2,704 | 21 | #97 | 4,056 |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 | #96 | 4,208 |
| 1961 | #2,197 | 29 | #99 | 4,301 |
| 1960 | #2,246 | 27 | #103 | 4,188 |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 | #107 | 3,815 |
| 1958 | #2,260 | 25 | #107 | 3,739 |
| 1957 | #2,563 | 20 | #98 | 4,080 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 | #96 | 3,908 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | #101 | 3,437 |
| 1954 | #2,186 | 24 | #103 | 3,367 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #106 | 3,099 |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 | #107 | 2,996 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | #110 | 2,733 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #106 | 2,713 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | #116 | 2,519 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | #115 | 2,477 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | #121 | 2,355 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | #120 | 2,130 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | #95 | 2,631 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #107 | 2,162 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | #97 | 2,613 |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 | #99 | 2,397 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #118 | 1,667 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #120 | 1,567 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #119 | 1,475 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #117 | 1,561 |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 | #117 | 1,542 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #116 | 1,517 |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 | #116 | 1,545 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | #122 | 1,420 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #116 | 1,431 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | #110 | 1,612 |
| 1931 | #1,803 | 19 | #109 | 1,623 |
| 1930 | #1,875 | 19 | #100 | 1,844 |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | #100 | 1,941 |
| 1928 | #2,284 | 15 | #99 | 1,946 |
| 1927 | #2,339 | 15 | #98 | 1,983 |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 | #94 | 2,016 |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 | #89 | 2,119 |
| 1924 | #1,770 | 24 | #90 | 2,189 |
| 1923 | #2,021 | 19 | #88 | 2,226 |
| 1922 | #2,479 | 14 | #86 | 2,322 |
| 1921 | #2,120 | 18 | #83 | 2,407 |
| 1920 | #2,079 | 18 | #81 | 2,349 |
| 1919 | #2,264 | 15 | #68 | 2,751 |
| 1918 | #2,674 | 12 | #63 | 3,183 |
| 1917 | #1,652 | 22 | #78 | 2,207 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 | #78 | 2,215 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #74 | 2,211 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | #76 | 1,559 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #80 | 1,177 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 | #81 | 989 |
| 1911 | — | #81 | 493 | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #90 | 372 |
| 1909 | — | #89 | 320 | |
| 1908 | — | #88 | 308 | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | #99 | 245 |
| 1906 | — | #93 | 249 | |
| 1905 | — | #90 | 268 | |
| 1904 | — | #98 | 218 | |
| 1903 | — | #98 | 196 | |
| 1902 | — | #97 | 205 | |
| 1901 | — | #100 | 169 | |
| 1900 | — | #92 | 269 | |
| 1899 | — | #100 | 175 | |
| 1898 | — | #97 | 205 | |
| 1897 | — | #95 | 190 | |
| 1896 | — | #96 | 201 | |
| 1895 | — | #98 | 196 | |
| 1894 | — | #100 | 180 | |
| 1893 | — | #103 | 172 | |
| 1892 | — | #96 | 200 | |
| 1891 | — | #103 | 154 | |
| 1890 | — | #114 | 138 | |
| 1889 | — | #104 | 158 | |
| 1888 | — | #120 | 134 | |
| 1887 | — | #113 | 119 | |
| 1886 | — | #105 | 146 | |
| 1885 | — | #100 | 143 | |
| 1884 | — | #116 | 124 | |
| 1883 | — | #125 | 99 | |
| 1882 | — | #127 | 109 | |
| 1881 | — | #112 | 110 | |
| 1880 | — | #135 | 100 | |
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 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#58 · 1 in 270
- New Mexico#63 · 1 in 259
- Texas#63 · 1 in 311
- New Jersey#70 · 1 in 386
- New York#72 · 1 in 390
Best ever in a state: #17 in Nevada, 1917.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #58 | 745 | 1 in 270 |
| New Mexico | #63 | 43 | 1 in 259 |
| Texas | #63 | 443 | 1 in 311 |
| New Jersey | #70 | 110 | 1 in 386 |
| New York | #72 | 291 | 1 in 390 |
| District of Columbia | #74 | 22 | 1 in 361 |
| Illinois | #76 | 202 | 1 in 419 |
| Massachusetts | #91 | 54 | 1 in 662 |
| Hawaii | #95 | 16 | 1 in 426 |
| Arizona | #96 | 50 | 1 in 463 |
| Connecticut | #101 | 27 | 1 in 660 |
| Alaska | #105 | 8 | 1 in 502 |
| Colorado | #118 | 35 | 1 in 681 |
| Florida | #118 | 93 | 1 in 677 |
| Nevada | #123 | 8 | 1 in 709 |
| Rhode Island | #124 | 6 | 1 in 951 |
| Alabama | #134 | 38 | 1 in 693 |
| Mississippi | #141 | 25 | 1 in 770 |
| Wyoming | #141 | 5 | 1 in 805 |
| Montana | #147 | 6 | 1 in 969 |
| North Carolina | #148 | 39 | 1 in 970 |
| Pennsylvania | #150 | 61 | 1 in 1,269 |
| Georgia | #152 | 46 | 1 in 875 |
| Oregon | #154 | 19 | 1 in 1,056 |
| Kansas | #157 | 17 | 1 in 1,069 |
| Kentucky | #158 | 22 | 1 in 1,229 |
| Oklahoma | #159 | 24 | 1 in 981 |
| Virginia | #164 | 32 | 1 in 1,080 |
| Louisiana | #165 | 46 | 1 in 797 |
| Maryland | #168 | 23 | 1 in 1,051 |
| Ohio | #169 | 54 | 1 in 1,493 |
| Indiana | #174 | 26 | 1 in 1,543 |
| Tennessee | #177 | 25 | 1 in 1,295 |
| Washington | #180 | 23 | 1 in 1,381 |
| Michigan | #184 | 44 | 1 in 1,491 |
| Wisconsin | #186 | 17 | 1 in 2,038 |
| Idaho | #195 | 6 | 1 in 1,363 |
| Iowa | #212 | 10 | 1 in 2,182 |
| Utah | #217 | 11 | 1 in 1,728 |
| South Carolina | #226 | 14 | 1 in 1,508 |
| Missouri | #231 | 16 | 1 in 2,289 |
| West Virginia | #232 | 5 | 1 in 2,586 |
| Arkansas | #238 | 8 | 1 in 1,910 |
| Minnesota | #249 | 10 | 1 in 3,284 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Victor
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1918 at #63 (3,183 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 74 yrs · run 1894–1930
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 318 boys born in 1918 were named Victor (0.31%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,026 boys born in 2025 (0.10%)
- 12.4% of all boys named Victor (41,072) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,242 | #100 (1885) | #116 |
| 1890s | 1,811 | #95 (1897) | #100 |
| 1900s | 2,447 | #88 (1908) | #94 |
| 1910s | 17,157 | #63 (1918) | #77 |
| 1920s | 21,498 | #81 (1920) | #91 |
| 1930s | 15,570 | #100 (1930) | #114 |
| 1940s | 22,518 | #95 (1945) | #111 |
| 1950s | 33,887 | #96 (1956) | #104 |
| 1960s | 36,821 | #96 (1962) | #99 |
| 1970s | 26,732 | #95 (1975) | #103 |
| 1980s | 32,286 | #88 (1985) | #94 |
| 1990s | 41,072 | #82 (1990) | #93 |
| 2000s | 40,686 | #96 (2003) | #103 |
| 2010s | 26,144 | #128 (2010) | #155 |
| 2020s | 10,542 | #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 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 83,403 of them was named Victor, which outranked 68.4% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,739Xavier21
- #3,739Zenia21
- #3,739Zinnia21
- #3,859Victor20
- #3,859Akisha20
- #3,859Aleia20
- #3,859Alix20
- #4,005Aarti19
- #4,005Adrain19
- #4,005Aishia19
Tied with 145 names at #3,859; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 631 of them was named Victor, which outranked 98.6% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.