Horatio

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Horatio is an English male given name, an Italianized form of the ancient Roman Latin nomen Horatius, from the Roman gens Horatia. The modern Italian form is Orazio, the modern Spanish form Horacio.

From Wikipedia

Horatio first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 121 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2007 with 40 babies (rank #2,945 that year). In 2024 it was given to 8 boys (rank #9,296). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Horatio

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Horatio yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
22Soul urgeThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,437

Total babies (all years)

121

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Horatio

Horatio Nelsonnaval officer · b. 1758
Horatio Algernovelist · b. 1832
Horatio Gatesmilitary officer · b. 1727

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	15	#474
1881	7	#744
1882	6	#889
1883	5	#964
1885	5	#1,013
1886	6	#899
1887	6	#868
1890	6	#939
1893	6	#961
1894	6	#1,014
1895	5	#1,165
1896	6	#1,043
1898	5	#1,212
1899	9	#748
1900	6	#1,233
1905	5	#1,320
1906	7	#1,059
1909	6	#1,365
1912	12	#1,471
1913	17	#1,284
1914	20	#1,364
1915	15	#1,918
1916	19	#1,664
1917	11	#2,488
1918	20	#1,741
1919	14	#2,196
1920	21	#1,724
1921	19	#1,860
1922	21	#1,726
1923	15	#2,172
1924	18	#1,929
1925	14	#2,253
1926	13	#2,354
1927	6	#3,961
1928	14	#2,211
1929	10	#2,676
1930	13	#2,234
1931	9	#2,754
1932	10	#2,536
1933	11	#2,286
1936	12	#2,120
1937	6	#3,319
1938	6	#3,331
1939	10	#2,349
1940	5	#3,675
1943	11	#2,330
1947	10	#2,571
1948	10	#2,517
1949	8	#2,885
1950	8	#2,883
1951	18	#1,801
1952	8	#2,967
1953	13	#2,227
1954	7	#3,285
1955	9	#2,862
1957	11	#2,548
1958	10	#2,712
1959	14	#2,243
1960	6	#3,824
1961	13	#2,369
1962	7	#3,445
1963	9	#2,940
1965	17	#1,957
1966	7	#3,357
1967	12	#2,405
1968	9	#2,984
1969	8	#3,421
1970	16	#2,337
1971	17	#2,319
1972	12	#2,899
1973	19	#2,165
1974	24	#1,905
1975	13	#2,975
1976	20	#2,279
1977	14	#2,968
1978	18	#2,516
1979	11	#3,661
1980	13	#3,325
1981	15	#2,956
1982	13	#3,375
1983	14	#3,139
1984	8	#4,721
1985	9	#4,467
1986	13	#3,524
1987	12	#3,825
1988	17	#3,129
1989	18	#3,255
1990	9	#5,542
1991	14	#4,090
1992	5	#8,942
1993	11	#5,144
1994	7	#7,263
1995	5	#9,386
1996	7	#7,436
1997	13	#4,771
1998	12	#5,262
1999	9	#6,727
2000	7	#8,529
2001	8	#7,812
2002	9	#7,257
2003	10	#6,911
2004	12	#6,279
2005	22	#4,109
2006	9	#8,262
2007	40	#2,945
2008	28	#3,769
2009	28	#3,758
2010	29	#3,661
2011	10	#7,701
2012	11	#7,224
2013	15	#5,764
2014	10	#7,765
2015	9	#8,285
2016	16	#5,645
2017	12	#6,847
2018	13	#6,485
2019	8	#9,197
2020	12	#6,764
2021	12	#6,850
2022	8	#9,304
2024	8	#9,296