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Victor

maleStatistical record

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

No researched meaning or origin yet — what that means.

Pronunciation

Community-contributed pronunciation recording

A Romanian pronunciation, as its file is labelled. Recording by Speaker: KlaudiuMihaila; Recorder: KlaudiuMihaila. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

VerifiedSource: Wikidata.Confidence: medium.

Victor: Recorded since 1945, it reached #73 in 2021, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2025

England and Wales · Boys rank from 1996 to 2025, ranging from #227 to #430.200020052010201520202025#227#430
How to read this chart#1#500no figure publishedUp means a stronger rankBottom is this name's lowest,not zero
  • A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
  • Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
  • A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.
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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
YearRank
1996#406
1997#365
1998#430
1999#344
2000#367
2001#386
2002#319
2003#406
2004#328
2005#388
2006#319
2007#245
2008#263
2009#254
2010#296
2011#255
2012#274
2013#241
2014#243
2015#249
2016#238
2017#227
2018#235
2019#234
2020#248
2021#239
2022#250
2023#280
2024#274
2025#312

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 Norway in 80 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

In 2025: #99 among boys in Norway, #232 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #312 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #236 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1945–2025

    Highest recorded position: #73 among boys in Norway, in 2021 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #312 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Boys

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #73 in Norway in 2022.

Victor'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.
YearRegionCategoryRankBirths registeredConfidenceStatus
2025England and Walesmale#312143HighVerified
2024England and Walesmale#274167HighVerified
2023England and Walesmale#280164HighVerified
2022England and Walesmale#250188HighVerified
2021England and Walesmale#239210HighVerified
2020England and Walesmale#248191HighVerified
2019England and Walesmale#234215HighVerified
2018England and Walesmale#235220HighVerified
2017England and Walesmale#227236HighVerified
2016England and Walesmale#238232HighVerified
2015England and Walesmale#249212HighVerified
2014England and Walesmale#243227HighVerified
2013England and Walesmale#241210HighVerified
2012England and Walesmale#274170HighVerified
2011England and Walesmale#255189HighVerified
2010England and Walesmale#296152HighVerified
2009England and Walesmale#254175HighVerified
2008England and Walesmale#263165HighVerified
2007England and Walesmale#245171HighVerified
2006England and Walesmale#319109HighVerified
2005England and Walesmale#38878HighVerified
2004England and Walesmale#32891HighVerified
2003England and Walesmale#40664HighVerified
2002England and Walesmale#31983HighVerified
2001England and Walesmale#38661HighVerified
2000England and Walesmale#36765HighVerified
1999England and Walesmale#34471HighVerified
1998England and Walesmale#43049HighVerified
1997England and Walesmale#36563HighVerified
1996England and Walesmale#40651HighVerified
1957New South Wales, Australiamale#9767InsufficientNot yet available
1956New South Wales, Australiamale#9463InsufficientNot yet available
1954New South Wales, Australiamale#9166InsufficientNot yet available
1953New South Wales, Australiamale#9561InsufficientNot yet available
1952New South Wales, Australiamale#9757InsufficientNot yet available
2024Northern Irelandmale#4043HighVerified
2022Northern Irelandmale#4143HighVerified
2020Northern Irelandmale#3923HighVerified
2018Northern Irelandmale#3654HighVerified
2017Northern Irelandmale#3185HighVerified
2016Northern Irelandmale#4213HighVerified
2015Northern Irelandmale#3424HighVerified
2014Northern Irelandmale#3983HighVerified
2012Northern Irelandmale#4033HighVerified
2007Northern Irelandmale#2765HighVerified
1999Northern Irelandmale#2773HighVerified
2025Norwaymale#9966HighVerified
2024Norwaymale#9767HighVerified
2023Norwaymale#9370HighVerified
2022Norwaymale#7390HighVerified
2021Norwaymale#7391HighVerified
2020Norwaymale#7976HighVerified
2019Norwaymale#8682HighVerified
2018Norwaymale#8592HighVerified
2017Norwaymale#8099HighVerified
2016Norwaymale#77110HighVerified
2015Norwaymale#9586HighVerified
2014Norwaymale#82101HighVerified
2013Norwaymale#8694HighVerified
2012Norwaymale#9782HighVerified
2011Norwaymale#10184HighVerified
2010Norwaymale#10976HighVerified
2009Norwaymale#10185HighVerified
2008Norwaymale#11377HighVerified
2007Norwaymale#10676HighVerified
2006Norwaymale#10873HighVerified
2005Norwaymale#9781HighVerified
2004Norwaymale#10276HighVerified
2003Norwaymale#8492HighVerified
2002Norwaymale#8191HighVerified
2001Norwaymale#8781HighVerified
2000Norwaymale#9979HighVerified
1999Norwaymale#10369HighVerified
1998Norwaymale#11364HighVerified
1997Norwaymale#13454HighVerified
1996Norwaymale#14849HighVerified
1995Norwaymale#14348HighVerified
1994Norwaymale#16639HighVerified
1993Norwaymale#15146HighVerified
1992Norwaymale#23327HighVerified
1991Norwaymale#16444HighVerified
1990Norwaymale#16444HighVerified
1989Norwaymale#18137HighVerified
1988Norwaymale#24622HighVerified
1987Norwaymale#20330HighVerified
1986Norwaymale#19634HighVerified
1985Norwaymale#24124HighVerified
1984Norwaymale#26520HighVerified
1983Norwaymale#25921HighVerified
1982Norwaymale#30816HighVerified
1981Norwaymale#30415HighVerified
1980Norwaymale#32914HighVerified
1979Norwaymale#28517HighVerified
1978Norwaymale#28117HighVerified
1977Norwaymale#32014HighVerified
1976Norwaymale#4708HighVerified
1975Norwaymale#5446HighVerified
1974Norwaymale#36412HighVerified
1973Norwaymale#24821HighVerified
1972Norwaymale#25520HighVerified
1971Norwaymale#34912HighVerified
1970Norwaymale#28516HighVerified
1969Norwaymale#27616HighVerified
1968Norwaymale#30713HighVerified
1967Norwaymale#23021HighVerified
1966Norwaymale#3919HighVerified
1965Norwaymale#24718HighVerified
1964Norwaymale#27814HighVerified
1963Norwaymale#25915HighVerified
1962Norwaymale#29412HighVerified
1961Norwaymale#26114HighVerified
1960Norwaymale#27513HighVerified
1959Norwaymale#29311HighVerified
1958Norwaymale#24514HighVerified
1957Norwaymale#26412HighVerified
1956Norwaymale#27311HighVerified
1955Norwaymale#23913HighVerified
1954Norwaymale#2889HighVerified
1953Norwaymale#27210HighVerified
1952Norwaymale#2889HighVerified
1951Norwaymale#3058HighVerified
1950Norwaymale#2978HighVerified
1948Norwaymale#23813HighVerified
1947Norwaymale#2919HighVerified
1946Norwaymale#2909HighVerified
1945Norwaymale#23613HighVerified
2025Republic of Irelandmale#23220HighVerified
2024Republic of Irelandmale#30213HighVerified
2023Republic of Irelandmale#22420HighVerified
2022Republic of Irelandmale#27617HighVerified
2021Republic of Irelandmale#23920HighVerified
2020Republic of Irelandmale#22621HighVerified
2019Republic of Irelandmale#29515HighVerified
2018Republic of Irelandmale#24720HighVerified
2017Republic of Irelandmale#23423HighVerified
2016Republic of Irelandmale#21426HighVerified
2015Republic of Irelandmale#21026HighVerified
2014Republic of Irelandmale#25520HighVerified
2013Republic of Irelandmale#23723HighVerified
2012Republic of Irelandmale#20828HighVerified
2011Republic of Irelandmale#25620HighVerified
2010Republic of Irelandmale#28416HighVerified
2009Republic of Irelandmale#26118HighVerified
2008Republic of Irelandmale#23122HighVerified
2007Republic of Irelandmale#19026HighVerified
2006Republic of Irelandmale#18025HighVerified
2005Republic of Irelandmale#20517HighVerified
2004Republic of Irelandmale#19018HighVerified
2003Republic of Irelandmale#16224HighVerified
2002Republic of Irelandmale#15225HighVerified
2001Republic of Irelandmale#19114HighVerified
2000Republic of Irelandmale#2507HighVerified
1999Republic of Irelandmale#2417HighVerified
1998Republic of Irelandmale#2426HighVerified
1997Republic of Irelandmale#3374HighVerified
1993Republic of Irelandmale#3393HighVerified
1992Republic of Irelandmale#2984HighVerified
1991Republic of Irelandmale#3243HighVerified
1990Republic of Irelandmale#2565HighVerified
1989Republic of Irelandmale#2535HighVerified
1987Republic of Irelandmale#2227HighVerified
1986Republic of Irelandmale#2834HighVerified
1985Republic of Irelandmale#19410HighVerified
1984Republic of Irelandmale#2247HighVerified
1983Republic of Irelandmale#2267HighVerified
1982Republic of Irelandmale#2357HighVerified
1981Republic of Irelandmale#20211HighVerified
1980Republic of Irelandmale#2645HighVerified
1979Republic of Irelandmale#19412HighVerified
1978Republic of Irelandmale#2129HighVerified
1977Republic of Irelandmale#17017HighVerified
1976Republic of Irelandmale#17417HighVerified
1975Republic of Irelandmale#18614HighVerified
1974Republic of Irelandmale#17316HighVerified
1973Republic of Irelandmale#15720HighVerified
1972Republic of Irelandmale#15418HighVerified
1971Republic of Irelandmale#17913HighVerified
1970Republic of Irelandmale#15716HighVerified
1969Republic of Irelandmale#16313HighVerified
1968Republic of Irelandmale#15613HighVerified
1967Republic of Irelandmale#15213HighVerified
1966Republic of Irelandmale#13914HighVerified
1965Republic of Irelandmale#16110HighVerified
1964Republic of Irelandmale#11918HighVerified
2024Scotlandmale#4327HighVerified

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

Where Victor is officially recorded

6 official registrars have recorded Victor, between 1945 and 2025, in 80 of those 81 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

NorwayNorway: recorded in 1945Norway: recorded in 1946Norway: recorded in 1947Norway: recorded in 1948Norway: recorded in 1950Norway: recorded in 1951Norway: recorded in 1952Norway: recorded in 1953Norway: recorded in 1954Norway: recorded in 1955Norway: recorded in 1956Norway: recorded in 1957Norway: recorded in 1958Norway: recorded in 1959Norway: recorded in 1960Norway: recorded in 1961Norway: recorded in 1962Norway: recorded in 1963Norway: recorded in 1964Norway: recorded in 1965Norway: recorded in 1966Norway: recorded in 1967Norway: recorded in 1968Norway: recorded in 1969Norway: recorded in 1970Norway: recorded in 1971Norway: recorded in 1972Norway: recorded in 1973Norway: recorded in 1974Norway: recorded in 1975Norway: recorded in 1976Norway: recorded in 1977Norway: recorded in 1978Norway: recorded in 1979Norway: recorded in 1980Norway: recorded in 1981Norway: recorded in 1982Norway: recorded in 1983Norway: recorded in 1984Norway: recorded in 1985Norway: recorded in 1986Norway: recorded in 1987Norway: recorded in 1988Norway: recorded in 1989Norway: recorded in 1990Norway: recorded in 1991Norway: recorded in 1992Norway: recorded in 1993Norway: recorded in 1994Norway: recorded in 1995Norway: recorded in 1996Norway: recorded in 1997Norway: recorded in 1998Norway: recorded in 1999Norway: recorded in 2000Norway: recorded in 2001Norway: recorded in 2002Norway: recorded in 2003Norway: recorded in 2004Norway: recorded in 2005Norway: recorded in 2006Norway: recorded in 2007Norway: recorded in 2008Norway: recorded in 2009Norway: recorded in 2010Norway: recorded in 2011Norway: recorded in 2012Norway: recorded in 2013Norway: recorded in 2014Norway: recorded in 2015Norway: recorded in 2016Norway: recorded in 2017Norway: recorded in 2018Norway: recorded in 2019Norway: recorded in 2020Norway: recorded in 2021Norway: recorded in 2022Norway: recorded in 2023Norway: recorded in 2024Norway: recorded in 2025Norway: highest position in 2021New South Wales, Austra…New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1952New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1953New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1954New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1956New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1957New South Wales, Australia: highest position in 1954Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland: recorded in 1964Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1965Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1966Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1967Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1968Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1969Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1970Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1971Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1972Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1973Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1974Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1975Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1976Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1977Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1978Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1979Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1980Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1981Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1982Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1983Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1984Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1985Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1986Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1987Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1989Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1990Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1991Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1992Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1993Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1997Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1998Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1999Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2000Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2001Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2002Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2003Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2004Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2005Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2006Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2007Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2008Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2009Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2010Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2011Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2012Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2013Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2014Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2015Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2016Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2017Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2018Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2019Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2020Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2021Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2022Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2023Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2024Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2025Republic of Ireland: highest position in 1964England and WalesEngland and Wales: recorded in 1996England and Wales: recorded in 1997England and Wales: recorded in 1998England and Wales: recorded in 1999England and Wales: recorded in 2000England and Wales: recorded in 2001England and Wales: recorded in 2002England and Wales: recorded in 2003England and Wales: recorded in 2004England and Wales: recorded in 2005England and Wales: recorded in 2006England and Wales: recorded in 2007England and Wales: recorded in 2008England and Wales: recorded in 2009England and Wales: recorded in 2010England and Wales: recorded in 2011England and Wales: recorded in 2012England and Wales: recorded in 2013England and Wales: recorded in 2014England and Wales: recorded in 2015England and Wales: recorded in 2016England and Wales: recorded in 2017England and Wales: recorded in 2018England and Wales: recorded in 2019England and Wales: recorded in 2020England and Wales: recorded in 2021England and Wales: recorded in 2022England and Wales: recorded in 2023England and Wales: recorded in 2024England and Wales: recorded in 2025England and Wales: highest position in 2017Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland: recorded in 1999Northern Ireland: recorded in 2007Northern Ireland: recorded in 2012Northern Ireland: recorded in 2014Northern Ireland: recorded in 2015Northern Ireland: recorded in 2016Northern Ireland: recorded in 2017Northern Ireland: recorded in 2018Northern Ireland: recorded in 2020Northern Ireland: recorded in 2022Northern Ireland: recorded in 2024Northern Ireland: highest position in 2007ScotlandScotland: recorded in 2024Scotland: highest position in 202419452025
Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.
RegistrarRecordedYearsIts own highest position
Norway1945–202580#73 in 2021
New South Wales, Australia1952–19575#91 in 1954
Republic of Ireland1964–202558#119 in 1964
England and Wales1996–202530#227 in 2017
Northern Ireland1999–202411#276 in 2007
Scotland20241#432 in 2024

Its high point came 70 years earlier in New South Wales, Australia (1954) than in Scotland (2024).

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What is known about Victor

How to read this
How often it is registered
Official record
6 official registrars, 1945–2025.
Meaning
Not established
Not researched yet.
Origin
Not established
Not researched yet.
Pronunciation
Reported
A recorded pronunciation is available.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #73 in Norway in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.