How common is the name Victor?

337,308 people in the United States have the first name Victor, about 1 in 895. It ranks #148 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

VICTOR

#148

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
337,308
About
1 in 895
This common or more
36.4%
Who bears it

Of the 337,308 people named Victor, 63.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 22.7% as White and 8.3% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Victor peaked in 1990, when 4,472 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
4,472
In 2025*
1,664 ▼63%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 332,220 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.

Victor by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #178. The largest share of babies named Victor, 19.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#2791,242
1890s#2991,811
1900s#2902,452
1910s#17817,254
1920s#21821,676
1930s#26415,681
1940s#24122,615
1950s#23134,038
1960s#20937,061
1970s#22426,994
1980s#18532,614
1990s#18041,284
2000s#18540,777
2010s#28126,179
2020s#39310,542
Before 19011%
Greatest Generation 1901–2711.2%
Silent Generation 1928–459.8%
Baby boom 1946–6419.4%
Generation X 1965–8013.9%
Millennials 1981–9617.8%
Generation Z 1997–1218.5%
2013 and later8.4%

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 Victor is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Victor has been most common in California (1.9×), New Mexico (1.9×), and Arizona (1.8×), and least common in Vermont (0.34×).

323,562 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 Victor

#146 Abigail · 342,490#147 Logan · 341,575#149 Gloria · 331,522#150 Jesus · 331,353

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Victor, most common first.

#2,885 Viktor · 7,931#7,329 Victory · 2,091#16,764 Victora · 668#25,961 Victori · 362#45,015 Vicktor · 152

Also a last name

As a last name, Victor ranks #3,094 of 156,621, with 11,340 people. See Victor as a last name

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