Hektor

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Hektor: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Hektor: Recorded since 2008, it reached #1,869 in 2019, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
17years from first to last
#1869highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2008–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#4432
2010	#4678
2011	#3830
2013	#2403
2014	#2248
2015	#2707
2016	#2335
2017	#2734
2018	#2693
2019	#1869
2020	#2404
2021	#3990
2022	#2755
2023	#3523
2024	#3688

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 15 of the 17 years from 2008 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2008–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #4432 among boys in England and Wales in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2008–2024
Highest recorded position: #1869 among boys in England and Wales, in 2019 (recorded 2008–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Hektor by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Hektor in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	66	9 of 10	7
2020s	29	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Hektor appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1869 in England and Wales in 2019.

Hektor's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1869	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2008 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,869, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
12 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2019Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Isaac-James · #1869, 12y
Kamali · #1869, 18y
Louie-James · #1869, 11y
Markos · #1869, 20y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Nurah · #1866, 12y
Raissa · #1866, 15y
Sienna-Grace · #1866, 16y
Samaa · #1865, 18y

Hektor and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Hektor without appearing here.

Hektor moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2403 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2248 and #4632.
Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3990 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2755 and #4789.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3990 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Hektor

Daithi Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2755 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #3112.
Rune Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1869 and #2104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2404 and #2228.

Moved the opposite way to Hektor

Rune Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hektor went from #2403 to #3688 while Rune went from #4685 to #1460.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1869 in England and Wales in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Hektor

Hektor at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hektor by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Hektor appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Hektor and the names beside it

Hektor moved ahead of

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Hektor at a glance

Hektor by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Hektor appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Hektor and the names beside it

Hektor moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Hektor

Moved the opposite way to Hektor