The first name Horacio
A boy’s name.
4 syllables Male
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Horacio at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 31 boys born in the United States were named Horacio, the 3,604th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 2001, when 106 were.
4,502
babies named Horacio since 1880
#3,604
rank in 2025
2001
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Horacio
29 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Horacio Cartes49th President of Paraguay, born 1956
- Horacio ElizondoArgentine football referee, born 1963
- Horacio ZeballosArgentine tennis player (born 1985)
- José Horacio GómezAmerican Roman Catholic archbishop, born 1951
- Horacio MuñozChilean footballer (1896-1976)
- Horacio PodestáArgentine rower (1911-1999)
- Horacio AccavalloArgentine boxer (1934–2022)
- Horacio GuaranyArgentine singer (1925-2017)
- Horacio de la PeñaArgentine tennis player, born 1966
- Horacio Rodríguez LarretaArgentine economist and politician, born 1965
- Horacio SalgánArgentine musician (1916–2016)
- Horacio CoppolaArgentine photographer (1906–2012)
Questions
- Is Horacio a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 4,502 US babies named Horacio since 1880 were boys.
- When was Horacio most popular?
- 2001 in the United States, when 106 babies were named Horacio, its highest rank at 1,261st.