Recorded 1914–2025 · United States
Horacio was most popular in 2001, when 106 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,921 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,732, with 31 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 4,502 people named Horacio.
Horacio first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1914, which makes it about 111 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 112 of the 112 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 4,502 American births named Horacio between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,827 are estimated to be alive today.
31 American babies were named Horacio in 2025, ranking #7,732 that year.
Horacio is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 31 births a year, against 38 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -17% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Horacio is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 4,502 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 3,827 Americans named Horacio are alive today — 85% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 33 years old, and half are between 22 and 47.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org