Hektor
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HEK-tor
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Hektor is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “holding fast”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Hektor mean?
Greek: Polish, German and Scandinavian spelling of Hector
“holding fast”
Hector, prince of Troy, was the greatest Trojan warrior in Homer's Iliad and was killed by Achilles.
Is Hektor a girl's or a boy's name?
Hektor is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hektor in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Hektor, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hektor in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 178 boys in the UK were given Hektor or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #298, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
- Hector 172
- Hektor 6
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Hektor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
How popular is Hektor in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Hektor in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hektor in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
Names like Hektor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Xander River Theo Hudson Albie Nico Archer Bodhi Atlas Cooper Ezra
Other spellings of Hektor
More Greek names
Theodore Sophia George Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Hektor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hektor, updated 20 October 2026.