Handy
Last seen for girls in 2000 at #15,031 · Last seen for boys in 2016 at #12,185
Given to boys 99.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 538since 1880
Handy over time
Rank among boys' names. Handy has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | #3,257 | 7 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,216 | 7 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,201 | 7 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,875 | 8 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,844 | 8 | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | #2,123 | 13 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,316 | 6 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,671 | 9 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,403 | 10 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,009 | 12 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,467 | 9 | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,656 | 8 | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | #2,050 | 12 | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,465 | 10 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,444 | 11 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,199 | 13 | |
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | — | #4,210 | 5 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,436 | 12 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,229 | 14 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,040 | 16 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,804 | 10 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,131 | 15 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,973 | 16 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,699 | 10 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,732 | 9 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,849 | 16 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,070 | 13 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,457 | 8 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,193 | 8 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #648 | 10 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | #706 | 7 | |
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Handy was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Handy
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Biggest jump: 275 spots in 1892 (#963 → #688)
- Biggest drop: 237 spots in 1882 (#706 → #943)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1888 at #648 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1880–1882
- Highest: 1 in 12,085 boys born in 1888 were named Handy (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 379,548 boys born in 2016 (0.00%)
- 20.8% of all boys named Handy (112) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 33 | #648 (1888) | #811 |
| 1890s | 26 | #688 (1892) | #927 |
| 1900s | 23 | #966 (1904) | #1,190 |
| 1910s | 95 | #1,193 (1910) | #2,135 |
| 1920s | 112 | #2,040 (1922) | #2,757 |
| 1930s | 73 | #2,050 (1939) | #2,655 |
| 1940s | 74 | #2,009 (1945) | #2,573 |
| 1950s | 50 | #2,844 (1951) | #3,175 |
| 1960s | 12 | #3,601 (1964) | #3,627 |
| 1970s | 10 | #5,227 (1974) | #5,407 |
| 1980s | 8 | #4,509 (1981) | #4,509 |
| 1990s | 5 | #8,800 (1994) | #8,800 |
| 2000s | 12 | #9,115 (2005) | #10,005 |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,185 (2016) | #12,185 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Handy in 1888
Top boys' names in 1888
More about 1888
boys
120,852 boys got a published name in 1888; 1 in 12,085 of them was named Handy, which outranked 44.9% of the 1,177 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 39.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).