Honesty

#1,611 for girls in 2025, 129 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2019 · 254 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,045
since 1975

Honesty over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Honesty has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #1,010, 2019girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,611129#10,6956
2024#1,395161—
2023#1,391161—
2022#1,216199—
2021#1,337166—
2020#1,211189—
2019#1,010254—
2018#1,065239—
2017#1,165211—
2016#1,158217—
2015#1,104235—
2014#1,018256—
2013#1,067233—
2012#1,086228—
2011#1,196201—
2010#1,299181—
2009#1,280190—
2008#1,431165—
2007#1,489155—
2006#1,444155—
2005#1,525135—
2004#1,562126—
2003#1,702112—
2002#1,548122—
2001#1,266155—
2000#2,01682—
1999#2,81248—
1998#2,88945—
1997#2,97740—
1996#3,23736—
1995#4,34823—
1994#6,31914—
1993#9,5598—
1992#8,7349—
1991#5,39917—
1990#12,9585—
1989#12,3625—
1988#7,6919—
1987#7,3539—
1986#8,5237—
1985#6,9559—
1984#9,1446—
1983#7,3128—
1982#6,37110—
1981#8,1287—
1980#4,51716—
1979#3,90319—
1978#5,21412—
1977#6,8928—
1976#4,61413—
1975#9,0675—
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First appearance
1975

The first year at least five girls were named Honesty! It came in at #9,067, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1975, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Honesty is popular in 2006

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,692 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 13,629 girlsILWisconsin: #808 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,036 girlsWIMichigan: #974 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,742 girlsMINew York: #1,263 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 8,775 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedINOhio: #643 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,093 girlsOHPennsylvania: #866 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,148 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,121 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,141 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,593 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 13,810 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedWVVirginia: #792 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,733 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #745 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,281 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Honesty, so not publishedHITexas: #2,223 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 20,772 girlsTXFlorida: #1,354 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 9,902 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Ohio#643 · 1 in 4,093
  2. North Carolina#745 · 1 in 4,281
  3. Virginia#792 · 1 in 4,733
  4. Wisconsin#808 · 1 in 5,036
  5. Pennsylvania#866 · 1 in 6,148

Best ever in a state: #255 in District of Columbia, 2016.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Ohio#643141 in 4,093
North Carolina#745111 in 4,281
Virginia#79281 in 4,733
Wisconsin#80851 in 5,036
Pennsylvania#86691 in 6,148
Michigan#97471 in 6,742
New Jersey#1,12151 in 8,141
New York#1,263111 in 8,775
Florida#1,35491 in 9,902
California#1,593171 in 13,810
Illinois#1,69251 in 13,629
Texas#2,22381 in 20,772
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Honesty
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 216 spots since 2024 (#1,395 → #1,611)
  • 400 spots since 2020 (#1,211 → #1,611)
  • 507 spots since 2015 (#1,104 → #1,611)
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1975
  • Peaked 2019 at #1,010 (254 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,608
  • Highest: 1 in 6,608 girls born in 2019 were named Honesty (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 12,459 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 44.7% of all girls named Honesty (2,255) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s57#3,903 (1979)#5,938
1980s86#4,517 (1980)#7,836
1990s245#2,812 (1999)#5,923
2000s1,397#1,266 (2001)#1,526
2010s2,255#1,010 (2019)#1,117
2020s1,005#1,211 (2020)#1,360

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Honesty in 2006

girls
#1,444
155 births · 1 in 12,266 girls

Top girls' names in 2006

  1. #1Emily21,412
  2. #2Emma19,133
  3. #3Madison18,635
  4. #4Isabella18,231
  5. #5Ava16,941
  6. #6Abigail15,633
  7. #7Olivia15,508
  8. #8Hannah14,556
  9. #9Sophia13,503
  10. #10Samantha12,470
  11. #1,444Honesty155
More about 2006

girls

1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 12,266 of them was named Honesty, which outranked 92.8% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Honesty
  1. #1,440Darby156
  2. #1,440Gracelynn156
  3. #1,440Iman156
  4. #1,444Honesty155
  5. #1,444Chelsie155
  6. #1,444Nailah155
  7. #1,444Sanjana155
  8. #1,449Adamari154
  9. #1,449Alycia154
  10. #1,449Cailey154

Tied with 4 names at #1,444; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
  2. ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
  3. ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
  4. ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
  5. ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,134Mikalah#806 → #2,940
  2. ↓ 1,275Jolette#954 → #2,229
  3. ↓ 756Karol#818 → #1,574
  4. ↓ 446Litzy#388 → #834
  5. ↓ 305Devon#963 → #1,268

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2006 →