Victor

What Victor means

Means “conqueror”

From a Late Latin personal name Victor, borne by several saints, from victor (“conqueror”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Victor” (revision 94544488), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Victor?

US: Falling: down from #161 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #249 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1918, when 3,183 boys got the name (#63 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 1,026 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,902 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,274 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ND (2.68 per 1,000 boys), AZ (2.08 per 1,000 boys), MT (1.86 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Victor is #209 in the US and #312 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Victor were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Viktor162 US · 33 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Victor

Boys

• Anthony#46“flower”^*
• Justin#233“just”^*
• Carlos#150Spanish and Portuguese form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*
• Marcus#258Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 5,996 babies; 1,341 in 2025
• Mark#244Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 58,727 babies; 1,416 in 2025
• Paul#262“small”^*

For a sister

• Lauren#401Same root as Laurence, possibly meaning “laurel”^*
• Emily#34“rival, emulator”^*
• Anna#107Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #107 in 2025
• Miranda#654“admirable”^*
• Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025
• Sara#198Variant of Sarah, meaning “masters, princes”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Victor’s. Rank is US 2025.