Ector
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EK-tor
- Origin
- Greek
Ector is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “holding fast”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ector mean?
Greek: form of Hector without the H
“holding fast”
A form of Hector without the H; Sir Ector was King Arthur's foster father in Arthurian legend.
Is Ector a girl's or a boy's name?
Ector is a boys' name.
How popular is Ector in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1995, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the boys named Ector in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ector in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,177 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,120 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 13 | #2,261 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 17 | #1,899 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
Names like Ector
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hector, Marquez, Victor, Pedro, Luis, Miguel, Pablo, Marco, Osvaldo, Angel, Marcus, Juancarlos
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ector: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ector, updated 20 October 2026.