Happy

Where Happy comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Happy.

  • Vowel-ended
Happy through the years
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,269 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1936
    Peak, #1,872
    14 babies named Happy, the most in any year.
  3. 1937
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 2021
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes

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