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Victor

Boys' name · Millennial-era perennial

Living in the US
~241,700 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#209 among boys
Births in 2025
1,664 332,220 since 1880
Typical age
37 years, median

Victor popularity over time

Victor rank by birth year, 1880–2025Victor ranked #135 in 1880 and #209 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #63, in 1918.#100#209best #63 in 191818901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Victor in 1990 than in any other year — 4,472 of them. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Across the record, 74 years put Victor in the top 100.

The 2025 position is #209, on 1,664 births. Compared with 2015, births are down 35%.

Babies named Victor per yearPeaks at 4,472 births in 1990.4,472 in 1990018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Victor?

An estimated 241,700 living Americans are called Victor. That is out of 332,220 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Victor?

Median age among living Victors: 37. More of them were born in the 2000s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Victor a millennial-era perennial name.

Your Victor

Ages of living people named VictorHalf of living Victors are older than 37 and half younger.median 37020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Victor is most common

Victor is 2.1× as common in New Mexico as it is nationally. Arizona, Texas and California follow.

Where Victor is used more than average5 states use the name Victor more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: 1.7× the national rateNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.7× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: 1.9× the national rateAZNew Mexico: 2.1× the national rateNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: 1.8× the national rateTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Victor is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Mexico 154 2.1×
Arizona 680 1.9×
Texas 3,416 1.8×
California 3,699 1.7×
Nevada 213 1.7×

Victor in England and Wales

ONS recorded 143 births named Victor in 2025, ranking it #312. That is 25% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Victor comes from

From a Late Latin personal name Victor, borne by several saints, from victor (“conqueror”). Doublet of victor.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Victor

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Victor Hugo French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician 1802–1885 267
Victor Hess Austrian physicist and Nobel prize laureate 1883–1964 83
Victor Grignard French chemist 1871–1935 79
Victor Vasarely French-Hungarian painter and printmaker 1906–1997 60
Victor Osimhen Nigerian footballer 1998 60
Victor Ponta 63rd Prime Minister of Romania 1972 56
Victor Fleming American film director, cinematographer, and producer 1889–1949 55
Victor Ambros American developmental biologist 1953 54
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 493 in 1911 to 999 in 1912 — 2.0 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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