# Victor (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/victor/  
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 | “conqueror” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈvɪk.tɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Vic, Vick |
| Variant spellings | Victour |
| US babies named this | 332,220 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 330,413 / 1,807 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,422, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## What it means

Victor is grouped under victory.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 11 | 9,141 |
| 2001 | 12 | 8,726 |
| 2002 | 8 | 12,146 |
| 2003 | 10 | 10,396 |
| 2004 | 16 | 7,374 |
| 2005 | 6 | 16,357 |
| 2006 | 11 | 10,575 |
| 2007 | 9 | 12,621 |
| 2008 | 8 | 13,754 |
| 2010 | 6 | 16,872 |
| 2011 | 5 | 19,431 |
| 2012 | 8 | 13,396 |
| 2013 | 6 | 16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | 19,058 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18,711 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,893 | 142 |
| 2012 | 2,873 | 135 |
| 2013 | 2,731 | 143 |
| 2014 | 2,690 | 151 |
| 2015 | 2,573 | 162 |
| 2016 | 2,464 | 164 |
| 2017 | 2,410 | 165 |
| 2018 | 2,224 | 177 |
| 2019 | 2,105 | 186 |
| 2020 | 1,906 | 200 |
| 2021 | 1,819 | 209 |
| 2022 | 1,772 | 214 |
| 2023 | 1,697 | 217 |
| 2024 | 1,684 | 214 |
| 2025 | 1,664 | 211 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 189 | 255 |
| 2012 | 170 | 274 |
| 2013 | 210 | 241 |
| 2014 | 227 | 243 |
| 2015 | 212 | 249 |
| 2016 | 232 | 238 |
| 2017 | 236 | 227 |
| 2018 | 220 | 235 |
| 2019 | 215 | 234 |
| 2020 | 191 | 248 |
| 2021 | 210 | 239 |
| 2022 | 188 | 250 |
| 2023 | 164 | 280 |
| 2024 | 167 | 274 |
| 2025 | 143 | 312 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Վիկտոր
- Bulgarian: Ви́ктор
- Catalan: Víctor
- Chinese: 維克托 /维克托
- Czech: Viktor
- Danish: Victor
- Dutch: Viktor, Victor
- Esperanto: Viktoro
- Finnish: Vihtori
- French: Victor
- German: Viktor
- Greek: Βίκτωρας
- Hebrew: ויקטור
- Hungarian: Viktor, Győző
- Italian: Vittorio, Vittore
- Japanese: ヴィクトル
- Korean: 빅토르
- Latvian: Viktors
- Norwegian: Viktor
- Polish: Wiktor

## People named Victor

- Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
- Edward Victor Appleton, English physicist (1892–1965)
- Victor Francis Hess, Austrian physicist and Nobel prize laureate (1883-1964)
- Victor Grignard, French chemist (1871-1935)
- Víctor Jara, Chilean teacher, theatre director, poet, singer-songwriter, and political activist (1932-1
- Victor Vasarely, French-Hungarian painter and printmaker (1906–1997)
- Victor Ponta, 63rd Prime Minister of Romania (2012-2015)
- Victor Fleming, American film director, cinematographer, and producer (1889–1949)
- Victor Ambros, American developmental biologist
- Victor Horta, Belgian architect, designer, publicist, teacher and creator of Art Nouveau (1861–1947)
- Victor McLaglen, British-American actor (1886–1959)
- Victor Glover, American astronaut (born 1976)

## 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.