Horatio
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning timekeeper; from the Roman family name Horatius.
Babies a year
7
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2952
7 babies
Horatio by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Horatio. In the US, 12 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 40 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Horatio. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Horaciokeeper of the hours; a form of Horatius35 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Horatio
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