Honey

#844 for girls in 2025, 322 births

Peak · girls
#844
2025 · 322 births
Debut · girls
1912
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,757
since 1912

Honey over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Honey has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201976girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#844322
2024#929285
2023#1,168206
2022#1,206200
2021#1,554135
2020#1,96596
2019#2,56168
2018#2,90557
2017#3,69741
2016#3,18251
2015#3,29949
2014#3,32648
2013#2,87059
2012#2,47474
2011#2,94558
2010#2,29683
2009#2,37581
2008#2,20690
2007#2,015101
2006#2,09893
2005#1,778110
2004#2,26477
2003#4,94325
2002#4,90624
2001#5,00923
2000#4,79124
1999#5,66118
1998#6,07316
1997#4,66022
1996#5,28018
1995#5,95815
1994#7,09712
1993#9,5598
1992#6,00815
1991#8,5889
1990#5,06018
1989#4,12123
1988#5,89513
1987#4,47418
1986#3,36026
1985#3,32826
1984#3,23326
1983#2,55235
1982#2,36941
1981#2,23145
1980#1,69267
1979#1,60570
1978#1,86253
1977#1,45176
1976#1,55165
1975#1,44771
1974#1,33479
1973#1,45865
1972#1,67453
1971#1,42773
1970#1,63757
1969#1,29076
1968#1,67848
1967#2,86819
1966#1,82739
1965#2,68421
1964#2,01135
1963#2,78020
1962#2,81419
1961#2,95718
1960#3,35714
1959#2,28925
1958#3,37913
1957#3,48912
1956#2,53020
1955#2,02428
1954#1,80133
1953#2,43119
1952#1,82030
1951#2,93713
1950#1,83527
1949#1,88226
1948#2,41617
1947#1,75230
1946#1,30644
1945#2,14916
1944#1,69824
1943#1,62527
1942#1,76023
1941#1,64923
1940#2,02916
1939#1,73120
1938#2,11315
1937#1,91417
1936#2,03215
1935#1,77919
1934#2,08715
1933#2,8689
1932#1,81719
1931#2,10515
1930#1,74821
1929#2,19115
1928#2,09417
1927#1,58727
1926#1,88321
1925#4,0287
1924#3,14410
1923#3,12510
1922#2,95811
1921#3,6668
1920#3,5988
1919#2,51513
1918#2,37614
1917#2,55212
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1915#2,68810
1914#3,1886
1913#2,5407
1912#2,1448
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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 1976

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,957 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 28,773 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedARTennessee: #562 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,235 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedHITexas: #1,055 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 10,744 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Honey, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#562 · 1 in 5,235
  2. Texas#1,055 · 1 in 10,744
  3. California#1,957 · 1 in 28,773

Best ever in a state: #144 in Arkansas, 2025.

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Tennessee#56251 in 5,235
Texas#1,05591 in 10,744
California#1,95751 in 28,773
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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
  • 85 spots since 2024 (#929 → #844)
  • 1,121 spots since 2020 (#1,965 → #844)
  • 2,455 spots since 2015 (#3,299 → #844)
  • Biggest jump: 239 spots in 2024 (#1,168 → #929)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s70#2,144 (1912)#2,572
1920s134#1,587 (1927)#2,827
1930s165#1,731 (1939)#2,019
1940s246#1,306 (1946)#1,827
1950s220#1,801 (1954)#2,454
1960s309#1,290 (1969)#2,427
1970s662#1,334 (1974)#1,545
1980s320#1,692 (1980)#3,326
1990s151#4,660 (1997)#6,394
2000s648#1,778 (2005)#3,239
2010s588#2,296 (2010)#2,956
2020s1,244#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.

Honey in 1976

girls
#1,551
65 births · 1 in 22,540 girls

Top girls' names in 1976

  1. #1Jennifer59,473
  2. #2Amy31,339
  3. #3Melissa25,094
  4. #4Heather24,192
  5. #5Angela22,038
  6. #6Michelle19,550
  7. #7Kimberly18,962
  8. #8Jessica18,368
  9. #9Lisa17,346
  10. #10Amanda15,588
  11. #1,551Honey65
More about 1976

girls

1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 22,540 of them was named Honey, which outranked 85.8% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Honey
  1. #1,535Tawny66
  2. #1,535Tony66
  3. #1,535Willow66
  4. #1,551Honey65
  5. #1,551Kacy65
  6. #1,551Katheryn65
  7. #1,551Keisa65
  8. #1,568Aundrea64
  9. #1,568Aurelia64
  10. #1,568Brigid64

Tied with 16 names at #1,551; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,548Rhiannon#4,141 → #593
  2. ↑ 3,533Mackenzie#4,370 → #837
  3. ↑ 3,060Khalilah#3,774 → #714
  4. ↑ 1,663Kenisha#2,612 → #949
  5. ↑ 1,455Latoria#2,411 → #956
Fallers
  1. ↓ 821Nyree#926 → #1,747
  2. ↓ 668Syreeta#778 → #1,446
  3. ↓ 505Cher#994 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 398Kandice#957 → #1,355
  5. ↓ 370Racquel#973 → #1,343

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

See the top 100 for 1976 →