Horace
Boy · Latin
Horace is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Horace mean?
Latin
A male given name from Latin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Horace a girl's or a boy's name?
Horace is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Horace in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Horace in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#37), 1914 (#43) and 1924 (#70).
Horace in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 2 | #6,114 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Horace in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Horace, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 1,313 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Horace since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the boys named Horace in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 1949, the years shaded on the chart below.
Horace in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 40 | #2,883 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 30 | #3,449 |
| 2005 | 35 | #2,956 |
| 2004 | 48 | #2,340 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,616 |
| 2002 | 38 | #2,552 |
| 2001 | 59 | #1,867 |
| 2000 | 60 | #1,795 |
| 1999 | 46 | #2,060 |
| 1998 | 50 | #1,928 |
| 1997 | 47 | #1,930 |
| 1996 | 61 | #1,596 |
| 1995 | 70 | #1,412 |
| 1994 | 81 | #1,292 |
| 1993 | 90 | #1,175 |
| 1992 | 91 | #1,154 |
| 1991 | 112 | #1,011 |
| 1990 | 105 | #1,031 |
| 1989 | 114 | #953 |
| 1988 | 103 | #949 |
| 1987 | 83 | #1,046 |
| 1986 | 104 | #892 |
| 1985 | 99 | #910 |
| 1984 | 112 | #827 |
| 1983 | 115 | #813 |
| 1982 | 141 | #732 |
| 1981 | 125 | #780 |
| 1980 | 122 | #792 |
| 1979 | 155 | #684 |
| 1978 | 146 | #693 |
| 1977 | 158 | #672 |
| 1976 | 163 | #646 |
| 1975 | 146 | #682 |
| 1974 | 174 | #608 |
| 1973 | 174 | #599 |
| 1972 | 204 | #562 |
| 1971 | 255 | #511 |
| 1970 | 241 | #518 |
| 1969 | 226 | #519 |
| 1968 | 247 | #481 |
| 1967 | 273 | #456 |
| 1966 | 271 | #463 |
| 1965 | 306 | #442 |
| 1964 | 350 | #428 |
| 1963 | 320 | #444 |
| 1962 | 343 | #431 |
| 1961 | 383 | #404 |
| 1960 | 419 | #386 |
| 1959 | 453 | #368 |
| 1958 | 432 | #373 |
| 1957 | 546 | #330 |
| 1956 | 539 | #320 |
| 1955 | 548 | #311 |
| 1954 | 611 | #284 |
| 1953 | 654 | #272 |
| 1952 | 647 | #271 |
| 1951 | 602 | #276 |
| 1950 | 687 | #251 |
| 1949 | 685 | #246 |
| 1948 | 719 | #240 |
| 1947 | 741 | #237 |
| 1946 | 669 | #233 |
| 1945 | 598 | #225 |
| 1944 | 648 | #215 |
| 1943 | 684 | #213 |
| 1942 | 730 | #208 |
| 1941 | 741 | #193 |
| 1940 | 661 | #199 |
| 1939 | 711 | #188 |
| 1938 | 723 | #188 |
| 1937 | 745 | #180 |
| 1936 | 691 | #188 |
| 1935 | 788 | #174 |
| 1934 | 816 | #170 |
| 1933 | 865 | #165 |
| 1932 | 883 | #167 |
| 1931 | 931 | #160 |
| 1930 | 973 | #158 |
| 1929 | 1,004 | #153 |
| 1928 | 1,098 | #147 |
| 1927 | 1,180 | #145 |
| 1926 | 1,107 | #149 |
| 1925 | 1,140 | #145 |
| 1924 | 1,166 | #143 |
| 1923 | 1,242 | #134 |
| 1922 | 1,251 | #132 |
| 1921 | 1,313 | #129 |
| 1920 | 1,276 | #128 |
| 1919 | 1,215 | #126 |
| 1918 | 1,199 | #132 |
| 1917 | 1,182 | #125 |
| 1916 | 1,106 | #126 |
| 1915 | 1,114 | #122 |
| 1914 | 840 | #125 |
| 1913 | 657 | #123 |
| 1912 | 615 | #119 |
| 1911 | 300 | #123 |
| 1910 | 261 | #123 |
| 1909 | 252 | #109 |
| 1908 | 235 | #107 |
| 1907 | 223 | #108 |
| 1906 | 202 | #106 |
| 1905 | 212 | #101 |
| 1904 | 205 | #102 |
| 1903 | 175 | #111 |
| 1902 | 199 | #100 |
| 1901 | 178 | #96 |
| 1900 | 244 | #97 |
| 1899 | 169 | #105 |
| 1898 | 189 | #101 |
| 1897 | 160 | #107 |
| 1896 | 204 | #95 |
| 1895 | 211 | #90 |
| 1894 | 196 | #97 |
| 1893 | 171 | #104 |
| 1892 | 187 | #100 |
| 1891 | 165 | #97 |
| 1890 | 162 | #103 |
| 1889 | 166 | #100 |
| 1888 | 165 | #103 |
| 1887 | 160 | #96 |
| 1886 | 156 | #99 |
| 1885 | 155 | #94 |
| 1884 | 154 | #98 |
| 1883 | 167 | #83 |
| 1882 | 176 | #88 |
| 1881 | 152 | #85 |
| 1880 | 199 | #79 |
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