first name
HORACE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,663 people named Horace, 49.8% reported their origin as Black, 43.4% as White and 2.6% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Horace peaked in 1921, when 1,313 babies got the name.
At least 54,356 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Horace by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #227. The largest share of babies named Horace, 37%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Horace is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Horace has been most common in Georgia (4.5×), Alabama (4.4×), and South Carolina (4.1×), and least common in Wisconsin (0.06×).
44,989 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Horace ranks #16,542 of 156,621, with 1,685 people. See Horace as a last name
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