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Horace Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Horace?

The rare name Horace was the 4,779th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States in 2018.

Horace, although not presently in the top 1000, did once enjoy higher rankings.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #79 in 1880.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1921 with 1,313 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Horace was 17 in 2013.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Horace occurred roughly during the years 1911-1915, whereas 1959-1962, 1970-1973, and 2004-2007 were years of successive downward movement.

Where is the name Horace popularity headed?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

Horace's popularity has steadily decreased for some time. however, the number of children named Horace lately has risen.

The name Horace is very unique but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Horace has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Horace (Girl)Horace (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 20 4,779
2017 < 5 -- 28 3,808
2016 < 5 -- 23 4,369
2015 < 5 -- 23 4,329
2014 < 5 -- 40 2,904
2013 < 5 -- 17 5,247
2012 < 5 -- 25 4,051
2011 < 5 -- 35 3,196
2010 < 5 -- 28 3,747
2009 < 5 -- 21 4,638
2008 < 5 -- 28 3,768
2007 < 5 -- 27 3,824
2006 < 5 -- 30 3,465
2005 < 5 -- 35 2,973
2004 < 5 -- 48 2,360
2003 < 5 -- 38 2,638
2002 < 5 -- 38 2,570
2001 < 5 -- 59 1,876
2000 < 5 -- 60 1,806
1999 < 5 -- 46 2,077
1998 < 5 -- 50 1,942
1997 < 5 -- 47 1,938
1996 < 5 -- 61 1,605
1995 < 5 -- 70 1,420
1994 < 5 -- 81 1,298
1993 < 5 -- 90 1,181
1992 < 5 -- 91 1,159
1991 < 5 -- 112 1,017
1990 < 5 -- 105 1,035
1989 < 5 -- 114 955
1988 < 5 -- 103 952
1987 < 5 -- 83 1,047
1986 < 5 -- 104 893
1985 < 5 -- 99 912
1984 < 5 -- 112 829
1983 < 5 -- 115 815
1982 < 5 -- 141 735
1981 < 5 -- 125 782
1980 < 5 -- 122 793
1979 < 5 -- 155 687
1978 < 5 -- 146 694
1977 < 5 -- 158 673
1976 < 5 -- 163 646
1975 < 5 -- 146 684
1974 < 5 -- 174 611
1973 < 5 -- 175 596
1972 < 5 -- 204 563
1971 < 5 -- 256 511
1970 < 5 -- 241 520
1969 < 5 -- 226 519
1968 < 5 -- 249 479
1967 < 5 -- 272 458
1966 < 5 -- 271 463
1965 < 5 -- 306 442
1964 < 5 -- 349 428
1963 < 5 -- 321 444
1962 5 6,935 342 431
1961 6 6,097 383 403
1960 5 6,720 416 388
1959 < 5 -- 454 369
1958 < 5 -- 432 372
1957 8 4,674 548 330
1956 < 5 -- 539 320
1955 8 4,524 546 313
1954 < 5 -- 612 284
1953 6 5,290 656 272
1952 < 5 -- 646 271
1951 5 5,734 601 276
1950 < 5 -- 688 251
1949 13 2,907 684 246
1948 7 4,353 719 240
1947 < 5 -- 741 237
1946 < 5 -- 669 234
1945 < 5 -- 598 225
1944 < 5 -- 648 215
1943 6 4,398 684 213
1942 < 5 -- 729 208
1941 < 5 -- 741 193
1940 < 5 -- 661 200
1939 7 3,585 711 188
1938 5 4,592 722 188
1937 8 3,266 746 180
1936 < 5 -- 691 188
1935 < 5 -- 788 173
1934 7 3,600 816 170
1933 8 3,247 865 165
1932 6 4,113 883 168
1931 < 5 -- 931 160
1930 5 4,845 973 158
1929 10 3,020 1,003 153
1928 7 3,942 1,099 147
1927 11 2,935 1,180 145
1926 8 3,712 1,107 149
1925 12 2,851 1,140 145
1924 < 5 -- 1,166 143
1923 9 3,484 1,242 134
1922 < 5 -- 1,251 132
1921 < 5 -- 1,313 129
1920 7 4,162 1,276 128
1919 6 4,491 1,215 127
1918 < 5 -- 1,199 132
1917 < 5 -- 1,182 125
1916 < 5 -- 1,106 126
1915 11 2,607 1,114 122
1914 6 3,369 840 125
1913 < 5 -- 657 123
1912 < 5 -- 615 119
1911 < 5 -- 300 123
1910 < 5 -- 261 123
1909 < 5 -- 252 109
1908 < 5 -- 235 107
1907 < 5 -- 223 108
1906 < 5 -- 202 106
1905 < 5 -- 212 101
1904 < 5 -- 205 102
1903 < 5 -- 175 111
1902 < 5 -- 199 100
1901 < 5 -- 178 96
1900 < 5 -- 244 97
1899 < 5 -- 169 105
1898 < 5 -- 189 101
1897 < 5 -- 160 107
1896 < 5 -- 204 95
1895 < 5 -- 211 90
1894 < 5 -- 196 97
1893 < 5 -- 171 104
1892 < 5 -- 187 100
1891 < 5 -- 165 97
1890 < 5 -- 162 103
1889 < 5 -- 166 100
1888 < 5 -- 165 103
1887 < 5 -- 160 96
1886 < 5 -- 156 99
1885 < 5 -- 155 94
1884 < 5 -- 154 98
1883 < 5 -- 167 83
1882 < 5 -- 176 88
1881 < 5 -- 152 85
1880 < 5 -- 199 79

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.