Victor Boy
How popular is Victor?
#209 boy name in 2025
1,664 baby boys were named Victor in the US in 2025, making it the 209th most popular boy name.
Victor popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #209 for boys (▲ 4 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,664 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-35% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #161 in 2015, #200 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1990 (4,445 boys) |
| Highest rank | #63 in 1918 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Victor counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Victor family of names ranked #210 for boys in 2025 (#213 the year before), with 1,826 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Victor | 1,664 | 91% |
| Viktor | 162 | 9% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Victor is most popular
Babies named Victor per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 1.9 per 1,000 (319 boys)
- New Mexico: 1.8 per 1,000 (60 boys)
- Texas: 1.7 per 1,000 (1,516 boys)
- Nevada: 1.7 per 1,000 (98 boys)
- California: 1.7 per 1,000 (1,537 boys)
Victor by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,242 | #100 |
| 1890s | 1,811 | #95 |
| 1900s | 2,447 | #88 |
| 1910s | 17,157 | #63 |
| 1920s | 21,498 | #81 |
| 1930s | 15,570 | #100 |
| 1940s | 22,518 | #95 |
| 1950s | 33,887 | #96 |
| 1960s | 36,821 | #96 |
| 1970s | 26,732 | #95 |
| 1980s | 32,286 | #88 |
| 1990s | 41,072 | #82 |
| 2000s | 40,686 | #96 |
| 2010s | 26,144 | #128 |
| 2020s | 10,542 | #200 |
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Questions
- Is Victor a boy or girl name?
- Victor is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Victor were boys.
- How popular is the name Victor?
- 1,664 baby boys were named Victor in the US in 2025, making it the 209th most popular boy name.
- When was Victor most popular?
- Victor peaked in 1990, when 4,445 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #63 in 1918.
- How many people are named Victor?
- 332,220 babies have been named Victor in the US since 1880. We estimate about 240,226 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 37.
- Where is Victor most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Victor was most common in Arizona, at 1.9 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.