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Horst
OriginGerman
Meaning"leap"
About Horst
Heavy and horsey.
Pronounced HORST.
As of October 2026, Horst ranked #3491 in US births in 1968 SSA, peaked at #2285 in 1967.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Horst on lists
Famous Horsts
- Horst Lorenz Seehofer
German politician
- Horst Köhler
former President of Germany
- Horst Ludwig Störmer
German,American physicist; winner of the Nobel Prize
- Horst Werner Buchholz
German actor
- Horst Lippmann
German jazz musician
- Horst Köppel
German footballer and manager
Horst in pop culture
- Horst
a man from Carvahall in the "Inheritance" cycle.
Variations & nicknames
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