as a First Name
Name borne in classical legend by the Trojan champion who was killed by the Greek Achilles. His name (Greek Hektōr) is probably an agent derivative of Greek ekhein ‘to restrain’. It was never popular in England, but there are occasional examples from the Middle Ages. In Scotland it was used as a classicized form of the Gaelic personal name Eachann, which is composed of each ‘horse’ + donn ‘brown’. It has been moderately popular in the United States since the 1940s.
| 426th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 129,864
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Texas
- has the most people named Hector per capita
- 2005
- marked the height of its popularity
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99.83%
9%
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55+
31%
30-54
30-54
24%
13-29
13-29
37%
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