Quick answers about Ector
How many people are named Ector?
An estimated 635 living Americans are named Ector.
How rare is Ector?
Ector fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Ector?
The median age of a living American named Ector is approximately 38 years, with most bearers falling between 27 and 53 years old.
Is Ector still popular?
Not especially. Ector has been declining since its 1995 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Ector most common?
Ector has its strongest geographic signal in California, where it appears 3.5× more often than the national baseline.
1919Peak 19952025
Where it lives now
Ector is most concentrated in California — about 3.5× the national rate in the 1980s.
States where Ector is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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