Honey
- #844 for girls in 2025, 322 births
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 322 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,757since 1912
Honey over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Honey has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #844 | 322 |
| 2024 | #929 | 285 |
| 2023 | #1,168 | 206 |
| 2022 | #1,206 | 200 |
| 2021 | #1,554 | 135 |
| 2020 | #1,965 | 96 |
| 2019 | #2,561 | 68 |
| 2018 | #2,905 | 57 |
| 2017 | #3,697 | 41 |
| 2016 | #3,182 | 51 |
| 2015 | #3,299 | 49 |
| 2014 | #3,326 | 48 |
| 2013 | #2,870 | 59 |
| 2012 | #2,474 | 74 |
| 2011 | #2,945 | 58 |
| 2010 | #2,296 | 83 |
| 2009 | #2,375 | 81 |
| 2008 | #2,206 | 90 |
| 2007 | #2,015 | 101 |
| 2006 | #2,098 | 93 |
| 2005 | #1,778 | 110 |
| 2004 | #2,264 | 77 |
| 2003 | #4,943 | 25 |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 |
| 1997 | #4,660 | 22 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 |
| 1989 | #4,121 | 23 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 |
| 1986 | #3,360 | 26 |
| 1985 | #3,328 | 26 |
| 1984 | #3,233 | 26 |
| 1983 | #2,552 | 35 |
| 1982 | #2,369 | 41 |
| 1981 | #2,231 | 45 |
| 1980 | #1,692 | 67 |
| 1979 | #1,605 | 70 |
| 1978 | #1,862 | 53 |
| 1977 | #1,451 | 76 |
| 1976 | #1,551 | 65 |
| 1975 | #1,447 | 71 |
| 1974 | #1,334 | 79 |
| 1973 | #1,458 | 65 |
| 1972 | #1,674 | 53 |
| 1971 | #1,427 | 73 |
| 1970 | #1,637 | 57 |
| 1969 | #1,290 | 76 |
| 1968 | #1,678 | 48 |
| 1967 | #2,868 | 19 |
| 1966 | #1,827 | 39 |
| 1965 | #2,684 | 21 |
| 1964 | #2,011 | 35 |
| 1963 | #2,780 | 20 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 |
| 1961 | #2,957 | 18 |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 |
| 1959 | #2,289 | 25 |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 |
| 1955 | #2,024 | 28 |
| 1954 | #1,801 | 33 |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 |
| 1952 | #1,820 | 30 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 |
| 1950 | #1,835 | 27 |
| 1949 | #1,882 | 26 |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 |
| 1947 | #1,752 | 30 |
| 1946 | #1,306 | 44 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 |
| 1944 | #1,698 | 24 |
| 1943 | #1,625 | 27 |
| 1942 | #1,760 | 23 |
| 1941 | #1,649 | 23 |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 |
| 1932 | #1,817 | 19 |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 |
| 1928 | #2,094 | 17 |
| 1927 | #1,587 | 27 |
| 1926 | #1,883 | 21 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five girls were named Honey! It came in at #2,144, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1916, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Honey is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #144 | 20 | 1 in 530 |
| Hawaii | #168 | 5 | 1 in 429 |
| Oklahoma | #398 | 10 | 1 in 1,478 |
| Idaho | #402 | 5 | 1 in 1,433 |
| Utah | #440 | 9 | 1 in 1,897 |
| Kentucky | #498 | 8 | 1 in 2,156 |
| Tennessee | #532 | 14 | 1 in 2,291 |
| Oregon | #548 | 6 | 1 in 2,175 |
| Indiana | #611 | 10 | 1 in 2,791 |
| Missouri | #640 | 8 | 1 in 3,037 |
| Arizona | #676 | 9 | 1 in 3,135 |
| Alabama | #716 | 6 | 1 in 3,053 |
| Florida | #768 | 21 | 1 in 4,132 |
| South Carolina | #773 | 5 | 1 in 3,658 |
| California | #800 | 37 | 1 in 4,371 |
| North Carolina | #834 | 11 | 1 in 4,226 |
| Virginia | #843 | 8 | 1 in 4,218 |
| Georgia | #854 | 11 | 1 in 4,110 |
| Texas | #878 | 33 | 1 in 4,865 |
| Colorado | #907 | 5 | 1 in 4,665 |
| Washington | #915 | 6 | 1 in 4,810 |
| Illinois | #1,014 | 8 | 1 in 5,541 |
| Ohio | #1,035 | 8 | 1 in 5,909 |
| Michigan | #1,061 | 6 | 1 in 5,955 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,108 | 7 | 1 in 6,670 |
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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 Honey
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 1,121 spots since 2020 (#1,965 → #844)
- Biggest jump: 239 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · girls
113 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 2025 at #844 (322 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 2024–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,992
- Highest: 1 in 4,992 girls born in 2025 were named Honey (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 26.2% of all girls named Honey (1,244) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 70 | #2,144 (1912) | #2,572 |
| 1920s | 134 | #1,587 (1927) | #2,827 |
| 1930s | 165 | #1,731 (1939) | #2,019 |
| 1940s | 246 | #1,306 (1946) | #1,827 |
| 1950s | 220 | #1,801 (1954) | #2,454 |
| 1960s | 309 | #1,290 (1969) | #2,427 |
| 1970s | 662 | #1,334 (1974) | #1,545 |
| 1980s | 320 | #1,692 (1980) | #3,326 |
| 1990s | 151 | #4,660 (1997) | #6,394 |
| 2000s | 648 | #1,778 (2005) | #3,239 |
| 2010s | 588 | #2,296 (2010) | #2,956 |
| 2020s | 1,244 | #844 (2025) | #1,278 |
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.
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