# Horatio (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/horatio/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “timekeeper” |
| Pronunciation | /həˈɹeɪʃiəʊ/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,443 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,443 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 267, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Horātius, a Roman gens name of uncertain meaning, possibly “timekeeper”. Doublet of Horace.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 29 | 3,661 |
| 2011 | 10 | 7,702 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7,225 |
| 2013 | 15 | 5,764 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7,766 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,287 |
| 2016 | 16 | 5,647 |
| 2017 | 12 | 6,848 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,489 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,198 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6,768 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6,852 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,309 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,326 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,171 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 14 | 1,568 |
| 2010 | 10 | 2,036 |
| 2011 | 17 | 1,398 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,589 |
| 2013 | 13 | 1,706 |
| 2014 | 13 | 1,721 |
| 2015 | 26 | 1,074 |
| 2016 | 14 | 1,704 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## People named Horatio

- Horatio Alger, American novelist (1832–1899)
- Horatio Gates, American general in the American Revolutionary War (1727–1806)
- Horatio Seymour, American politician (1810–1886)
- Horatio Greenough, American artist (1805-1852)
- Horatio Parker, American composer and teacher (1863–1919)
- Horatio Fitch, athletics competitor (1900–1985)
- Horatio Caro, British chess player (1862–1920)
- Horatio Sanz, American actor and comedian
- Richard James Horatio Gottheil, American Semitic scholar and Zionist (1862–1936)
- Horatio Frederick Phillips, British aviation engineer (1845-1926)
- Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, editor, newspaper proprietor, swindler, and Member of Parli
- Horatio Spafford, American poet and lawyer (1828–1888)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.