Hector

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: French

Meaning

Hector is an English, French, Scottish, and Spanish given name. The name is derived from the name of Hektor, a legendary Trojan champion who was killed by the Greek Achilles.

From Wikipedia

Hector first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 206 babies (rank #255 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Hector

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

1,878
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
206
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199629#581
199738#496
199850#427
199944#473
200038#516
200151#423
200255#413
200350#485
200459#454
200560#473
200681#412
200762#517
200879#455
2009107#364
2010103#388
2011138#322
2012149#307
2013153#291
2014171#277
2015155#300
2016206#255