How rare is the name Horacio?

9,603 people in the United States have the first name Horacio, about 1 in 31,452. It ranks #2,530 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HORACIO

#2,530

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,603
About
1 in 31,452
This common or more
80.1%
Who bears it

Of the 9,603 people named Horacio, 94.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 3.4% as White. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Horacio peaked in 2001, when 106 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
2001
Births that year
106
In 2025*
31 ▼71%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,502 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.

Horacio by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,830. The largest share of babies named Horacio, 27.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#6,53239
1920s#4,094155
1930s#3,373175
1940s#4,229137
1950s#3,563244
1960s#3,406313
1970s#2,832537
1980s#2,830666
1990s#3,013833
2000s#3,784834
2010s#6,820378
2020s#7,602191
Greatest Generation 1901–273.2%
Silent Generation 1928–456.8%
Baby boom 1946–649.7%
Generation X 1965–8017.7%
Millennials 1981–9625.9%
Generation Z 1997–1227.6%
2013 and later9.2%

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 Horacio is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Horacio has been most common in New Mexico (6.1×), Texas (5.8×), and California (4×), and least common in New York (0.15×).

3,150 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.

Either side of Horacio

#2,528 Montana · 9,613#2,529 Katina · 9,610#2,531 Lissette · 9,600#2,532 Hoang · 9,594

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Horacio, most common first.

#1,851 Horace · 15,663

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