# Horst (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/horst/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 83 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 83 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 6 | 3,469 |
| 1938 | 5 | 3,757 |
| 1940 | 5 | 3,676 |
| 1953 | 5 | 4,047 |
| 1958 | 5 | 4,193 |
| 1961 | 5 | 4,318 |
| 1962 | 7 | 3,445 |
| 1963 | 6 | 3,807 |
| 1964 | 5 | 4,291 |
| 1965 | 7 | 3,380 |
| 1966 | 7 | 3,358 |
| 1967 | 13 | 2,285 |
| 1968 | 7 | 3,491 |

## People named Horst

- Horst Köppel, German association football player and manager
- Horst Hrubesch, German association football player and manager
- Horst Eckel, German association football player (1932–2021)
- Horst Buchholz, German actor (1933–2003)
- Horst Tappert, German actor (1923–2008)
- Horst Szymaniak, German footballer (1934-2009)
- Horst Wolter, German footballer
- Horst Frank, German actor (1929–1999)
- Horst Siegl, footballer
- Horst Blankenburg, German footballer
- Horst Heldt, German footballer
- Horst Dröse, field hockey player

## 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.