Horatio
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Horatio is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “timekeeper”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Horatio mean?
Latin
“timekeeper”
A male given name from Latin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Horatio a girl's or a boy's name?
Horatio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Horatio in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Horatio, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 26 boys.
Half of all the boys named Horatio in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Horatio in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 26 | #1,140 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 15 | #1,692 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,489 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,582 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 18 | #1,343 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,487 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,417 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Horatio in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Horatio, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 40 boys.
Half of all the boys named Horatio in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1999. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Horatio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,632 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,909 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 24 | #1,886 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,122 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,278 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,292 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,351 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 13 | #2,321 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 18 | #1,773 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,276 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,288 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,062 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,213 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,465 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,178 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,162 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,302 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,192 |
| 1924 | 18 | #1,894 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,828 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,694 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,151 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,709 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,422 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,645 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,877 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,256 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,416 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,003 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 9 | #714 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 6 | #981 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
| 1882 | 6 | #836 |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
| 1880 | 15 | #465 |
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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, “Horatio: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/horatio, updated 20 October 2026.