Horace

maleStatistical record

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

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

Horace: Recorded since 1998, its highest recorded position is #2,901, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#2901highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2901
2003	#3467
2008	#4432
2009	#3744
2010	#2941
2011	#4647
2012	#3987
2013	#3822
2015	#3908
2017	#4812
2019	#3937
2021	#4789
2023	#4107
2024	#5119

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 14 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2901 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #2901 among boys in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Horace 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 Horace in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	10	3 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	28	7 of 10	4
2020s	10	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Horace 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2901 in England and Wales in 1998.

Horace'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	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	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 1998 and 2024, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,901, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
6births registered in its largest year, 2010Under 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.

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Ivy-Jane · #2901, 10y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Lamisa · #2901, 17y
Montagu · #2901, 14y
Saavan · #2901, 13y
Avigail · #2895, 13y

Horace 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 Horace without appearing here.

Horace moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3937 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3744 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3822 and #4685.
Kim Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #4747.
Morten Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4647 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #4747.

Moved ahead of Horace

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #1398.
Rune Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3908 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #4812 and #3449.
Robyn Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3908 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #3451.
Daithi Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3937 and #4702 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #3990.

Moved the opposite way to Horace

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Horace went from #2901 to #5119 while Albie went from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Horace went from #2901 to #5119 while Alfie went from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Horace went from #2901 to #5119 while Alfred went from #174 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Horace went from #2901 to #5119 while Archie went from #120 to #10.

Moved the same way as Horace

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Horace went from #2901 to #5119 and Aaron from #31 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Horace went from #2901 to #5119 and Adam from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Horace went from #2901 to #5119 and Alan from #196 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Horace went from #2901 to #5119 and Alex from #46 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2901 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Horace

Horace at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Horace by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Horace at a glance

Horace by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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