US BIRTHS · 1880–2025

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NAMES LIKE HORACE

Same rise and fall as Horace, around the same years.

WHERE HORACE IS POPULAR · 2024

In 2024, Horace ranked highest in Maine (#427). 50 states had fewer than 5 babies with the name, too few to list.

TOP 1011–5051–200200+UNDER 5 BABIES

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Horace name popularity

Horace has been given to 54,356 babies in the United States since 1880.

It peaked in 1921, when 1,313 babies got the name, and its best rank was #185 in 1880.

In 2025, 14 babies were named Horace (#12,918 in the country), 99% below the peak. That is down 39% from 2015.

Almost every Horace is a boy.

An estimated 18K people named Horace are alive in the US today, with a median age of 71.

HOW IT WORKS

The chart is the number of US babies given the name each year, from the Social Security Administration’s public baby-name files (names given to 5+ babies in a year). The “all-time high” is the name’s biggest year. “Holders” and “median holder age” are rough estimates that apply average US survival rates to each birth year, so they ignore immigration and name changes.

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