Hector
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Hector is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “holding fast”. In 2025 it ranked 293rd for boys in the UK (172 babies) and 409th for boys in the US (779 babies).
What does Hector mean?
Greek
“holding fast”
Hector, prince of Troy, is the great Trojan hero of Homer's Iliad, killed in single combat by Achilles.
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Is Hector a girl's or a boy's name?
Hector is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 172 boys in the UK and 779 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hector in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #293among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 172about 1 in 1,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 172 boys in the UK were named Hector, making it the 293rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 282nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 221 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hector in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 278th in England and Wales and 333rd in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#89).
Hector in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 172 | #293 |
| 2024 | 161 | #310 |
| 2023 | 165 | #308 |
| 2022 | 165 | #308 |
| 2021 | 209 | #262 |
| 2020 | 185 | #282 |
| 2019 | 193 | #279 |
| 2018 | 212 | #267 |
| 2017 | 191 | #299 |
| 2016 | 221 | #269 |
| 2015 | 165 | #322 |
| 2014 | 189 | #283 |
| 2013 | 162 | #306 |
| 2012 | 157 | #327 |
| 2011 | 151 | #327 |
| 2010 | 117 | #383 |
| 2009 | 119 | #368 |
| 2008 | 87 | #468 |
| 2007 | 73 | #510 |
| 2006 | 87 | #427 |
| 2005 | 64 | #493 |
| 2004 | 68 | #448 |
| 2003 | 55 | #489 |
| 2002 | 64 | #408 |
| 2001 | 60 | #425 |
| 2000 | 43 | #517 |
| 1999 | 46 | #503 |
| 1998 | 57 | #427 |
| 1997 | 40 | #522 |
| 1996 | 34 | #548 |
How popular is Hector in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #409among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 779about 1 in 2,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 779 boys in the US were named Hector, making it the 409th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 365th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 2,458 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Hector than any year since 1954.
Half of all the boys named Hector in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hector in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 779 | #409 |
| 2024 | 864 | #379 |
| 2023 | 831 | #384 |
| 2022 | 927 | #355 |
| 2021 | 901 | #361 |
| 2020 | 856 | #365 |
| 2019 | 985 | #341 |
| 2018 | 1,012 | #331 |
| 2017 | 1,074 | #318 |
| 2016 | 1,100 | #319 |
| 2015 | 1,194 | #303 |
| 2014 | 1,214 | #292 |
| 2013 | 1,257 | #277 |
| 2012 | 1,325 | #267 |
| 2011 | 1,414 | #248 |
| 2010 | 1,562 | #226 |
| 2009 | 1,845 | #204 |
| 2008 | 2,179 | #182 |
| 2007 | 2,243 | #183 |
| 2006 | 2,327 | #175 |
| 2005 | 2,458 | #167 |
| 2004 | 2,004 | #192 |
| 2003 | 1,998 | #189 |
| 2002 | 1,942 | #195 |
| 2001 | 1,905 | #193 |
| 2000 | 1,979 | #185 |
| 1999 | 1,915 | #183 |
| 1998 | 1,815 | #185 |
| 1997 | 1,870 | #179 |
| 1996 | 1,966 | #172 |
| 1995 | 1,877 | #175 |
| 1994 | 1,973 | #161 |
| 1993 | 2,032 | #158 |
| 1992 | 2,018 | #156 |
| 1991 | 2,036 | #158 |
| 1990 | 1,991 | #156 |
| 1989 | 1,806 | #167 |
| 1988 | 1,656 | #170 |
| 1987 | 1,592 | #172 |
| 1986 | 1,474 | #181 |
| 1985 | 1,492 | #178 |
| 1984 | 1,336 | #185 |
| 1983 | 1,369 | #184 |
| 1982 | 1,525 | #172 |
| 1981 | 1,410 | #177 |
| 1980 | 1,448 | #169 |
| 1979 | 1,421 | #167 |
| 1978 | 1,243 | #190 |
| 1977 | 1,144 | #199 |
| 1976 | 1,254 | #180 |
| 1975 | 1,245 | #182 |
| 1974 | 1,213 | #185 |
| 1973 | 1,194 | #190 |
| 1972 | 1,115 | #204 |
| 1971 | 1,176 | #204 |
| 1970 | 1,125 | #220 |
| 1969 | 1,127 | #215 |
| 1968 | 1,039 | #220 |
| 1967 | 936 | #233 |
| 1966 | 938 | #231 |
| 1965 | 967 | #235 |
| 1964 | 945 | #250 |
| 1963 | 958 | #248 |
| 1962 | 924 | #254 |
| 1961 | 899 | #261 |
| 1960 | 871 | #271 |
| 1959 | 915 | #265 |
| 1958 | 839 | #268 |
| 1957 | 808 | #264 |
| 1956 | 801 | #256 |
| 1955 | 800 | #247 |
| 1954 | 649 | #277 |
| 1953 | 626 | #279 |
| 1952 | 600 | #283 |
| 1951 | 590 | #280 |
| 1950 | 473 | #315 |
| 1949 | 467 | #313 |
| 1948 | 423 | #326 |
| 1947 | 333 | #378 |
| 1946 | 300 | #376 |
| 1945 | 258 | #374 |
| 1944 | 241 | #387 |
| 1943 | 240 | #396 |
| 1942 | 193 | #445 |
| 1941 | 178 | #435 |
| 1940 | 192 | #422 |
| 1939 | 172 | #433 |
| 1938 | 183 | #420 |
| 1937 | 156 | #448 |
| 1936 | 166 | #433 |
| 1935 | 175 | #417 |
| 1934 | 185 | #409 |
| 1933 | 198 | #386 |
| 1932 | 172 | #426 |
| 1931 | 189 | #408 |
| 1930 | 198 | #420 |
| 1929 | 192 | #425 |
| 1928 | 186 | #439 |
| 1927 | 182 | #453 |
| 1926 | 146 | #499 |
| 1925 | 138 | #523 |
| 1924 | 139 | #535 |
| 1923 | 127 | #545 |
| 1922 | 123 | #574 |
| 1921 | 129 | #549 |
| 1920 | 119 | #573 |
| 1919 | 107 | #580 |
| 1918 | 90 | #647 |
| 1917 | 85 | #645 |
| 1916 | 91 | #612 |
| 1915 | 108 | #535 |
| 1914 | 58 | #667 |
| 1913 | 51 | #615 |
| 1912 | 51 | #561 |
| 1911 | 35 | #497 |
| 1910 | 18 | #707 |
| 1909 | 18 | #636 |
| 1908 | 15 | #685 |
| 1907 | 16 | #634 |
| 1906 | 12 | #709 |
| 1905 | 12 | #699 |
| 1904 | 17 | #538 |
| 1903 | 11 | #696 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 19 | #555 |
| 1899 | 12 | #583 |
| 1898 | 10 | #700 |
| 1897 | 14 | #556 |
| 1896 | 12 | #641 |
| 1895 | 7 | #871 |
| 1894 | 8 | #786 |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 15 | #525 |
| 1891 | 13 | #497 |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 18 | #442 |
| 1887 | 7 | #752 |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 9 | #641 |
| 1884 | 11 | #570 |
| 1883 | 10 | #597 |
| 1882 | 6 | #836 |
| 1881 | 6 | #780 |
| 1880 | 15 | #465 |
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