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Hector Impulsive • Prudent • Intellectual
Hector Impulsive • Prudent • Intellectual
Impulsive • Prudent • Intellectual
HectorImpulsive • Prudent • Intellectual
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One Of The Main Characters In Homer's Illiad, Also Appearing In King Arthur's Legend As The Knight Who Raised Him.
Hector Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
99.54%
Male
0.46%
Female
Hector is predominantly a boys name, with 0.46% of Hectors being girls, and 99.54% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 104819 males named Hector, and 481 females given the name
Popularity of Hector by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Hector in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None
Hector: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2024
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Hector' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Hector in the USA from 1880-2024. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. Hector's average ranking is 976.5, with it's highest ever rank being #. Hector has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 2 times.
Hector has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 105300 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Hector gained the most popularity as a baby name in 2005, when it's usage went up by 122.05%. During this year, 2458 babies were named Hector, which was 0.0644% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.064%, in this year alone more than 2000 boys were named Hector.
Popular 'H' Names for Boys
Boys names starting with 'H'
Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with H. These boys names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'H' names, their over all rank among all boy names, the total number of baby boys expected to be given this name in 2024, and the total percentage of boys given this name.
| Name | 'H-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry | 1. | 32. | 10323 | 0.285% |
| Hunter | 2. | 62. | 7613 | 0.21% |
| Hudson | 3. | 91. | 6098 | 0.169% |
| Harrison | 4. | 182. | 3646 | 0.101% |
| Hayden | 5. | 298. | 2373 | 0.066% |
| Holden | 6. | 507. | 1347 | 0.037% |
| Hector | 7. | 613. | 1094 | 0.03% |
| Hendrix | 8. | 817. | 789 | 0.022% |
| Harvey | 9. | 831. | 770 | 0.021% |
| Hugo | 10. | 873. | 717 | 0.02% |
| Hayes | 11. | 882. | 709 | 0.02% |
| Hank | 12. | 972. | 629 | 0.017% |
| Hamza | 13. | 1172. | 492 | 0.014% |
| Harley | 14. | 1427. | 374 | 0.01% |
| Hezekiah | 15. | 1427. | 374 | 0.01% |
| Harry | 16. | 1437. | 372 | 0.01% |
| Hassan | 17. | 1704. | 298 | 0.008% |
| Harper | 18. | 1722. | 294 | 0.008% |
| Harold | 19. | 1750. | 285 | 0.008% |
| Houston | 20. | 1750. | 285 | 0.008% |
