Horton

Boy · recorded 1888–2012

  • 2012last recorded
  • 1888best year

Most popular in 1888.

Last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1888

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 55 recorded years as a table
Horton, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188866
188945
189149
189560
189841
190447
190553
191140
191230
191331
191414
191519
191626
191717
191821
191914
192014
192122
192226
192326
192419
192515
192611
192715
192822
192920
193014
193112
19326
193314
19345
19358
19367
19378
193810
19395
19409
19414
19427
19436
19444
19465
19475
19485
19493
19503
19513
19526
19535
19574
19582
19612
19673
19833
20123

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Horton isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2012
5
Rank in 2012
#12,274
How rare
1 in 379,389 boys
Since 1888
616

Horton was last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1888, at 66 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Horton doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.