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Horacio

Gender
Boy
Say it
oh-RAH-see-oh
Origin
Latin
US rank, 2025
#3,582 for boys

Horacio is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).

What does Horacio mean?

Latin: Spanish form of Horace, from the Roman family name Horatius

The Roman poet Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) wrote the Odes and coined the phrase carpe diem.

Is Horacio a girl's or a boy's name?

Horacio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Horacio in the US?

Rank in 2025
3,582nd among boys
Babies in 2025
31 about 1 in 55,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 7% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Horacio, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd. Its busiest year was 2001, with 106 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.

Half of all the boys named Horacio in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.

1914Busiest: 106 in 20012025
Horacio in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202531#3,582
202437#3,214
202326#4,109
202237#3,214
202126#4,007
202034#3,272
201928#3,791
201839#2,992
201735#3,248
201622#4,469
201535#3,230
201433#3,295
201330#3,495
201245#2,677
201147#2,589
201064#2,099
200966#2,076
200869#2,027
200791#1,669
200675#1,823
200578#1,708
200478#1,650
200381#1,558
200298#1,343
2001106#1,250
200092#1,367
199988#1,353
199890#1,319
199775#1,435
199675#1,398
199582#1,295
199487#1,240
199396#1,145
199281#1,251
199179#1,248
199080#1,221
198976#1,223
198866#1,259
198760#1,257
198654#1,333
198552#1,332
198468#1,083
198359#1,178
198271#1,082
198179#1,024
198081#1,004
197961#1,154
197863#1,099
197774#998
197661#1,067
197549#1,208
197452#1,135
197342#1,268
197251#1,137
197139#1,352
197045#1,238
196938#1,280
196839#1,217
196736#1,252
196630#1,400
196534#1,317
196432#1,383
196322#1,694
196223#1,668
196130#1,466
196029#1,485
195941#1,211
195826#1,533
195729#1,456
195619#1,820
195522#1,645
195426#1,495
195320#1,708
195219#1,748
195118#1,773
195024#1,498
194916#1,871
194814#2,026
194712#2,250
194614#1,948
194512#2,008
194415#1,809
194320#1,576
194210#2,385
194113#1,997
194011#2,179
193911#2,159
193819#1,559
193717#1,688
193616#1,723
193516#1,757
193419#1,608
193319#1,586
193219#1,651
193118#1,693
193021#1,602
192924#1,480
192824#1,522
192717#1,959
19269#2,902
192515#2,088
192417#1,964
192316#2,019
192212#2,485
19215#4,320
192016#2,051
19196#3,735
19189#2,881
19175#3,979
19167#3,176
19156#3,391
19146#2,914

Names like Horacio

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Antonio, Mauricio, Sergio, Mario, Emilio, Julio, Ignacio, Octavio, Marco, Aurelio, Francisco, Alejandro

Names related to Horacio

Horace

More Latin names

Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian

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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, “Horacio: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/horacio, updated 20 October 2026.