Honor
#2,387 for girls in 2025, 75 births · #1,808 for boys in 2025, 88 births
Given to girls 68.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1897 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,129since 1888
Honor over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #2,387 | 75 | #1,808 | 88 |
| 2024 | #2,099 | 91 | #1,583 | 109 |
| 2023 | #1,965 | 100 | #1,558 | 112 |
| 2022 | #1,731 | 120 | #1,540 | 116 |
| 2021 | #1,750 | 117 | #1,407 | 130 |
| 2020 | #1,977 | 95 | #1,579 | 103 |
| 2019 | #1,875 | 107 | #1,592 | 104 |
| 2018 | #1,900 | 105 | #1,671 | 95 |
| 2017 | #1,902 | 106 | #1,623 | 98 |
| 2016 | #1,897 | 106 | #1,975 | 73 |
| 2015 | #1,704 | 124 | #2,641 | 46 |
| 2014 | #1,853 | 109 | #2,461 | 51 |
| 2013 | #1,599 | 134 | #2,065 | 65 |
| 2012 | #1,612 | 134 | #2,132 | 63 |
| 2011 | #1,982 | 99 | #2,547 | 48 |
| 2010 | #2,220 | 87 | #2,730 | 44 |
| 2009 | #2,005 | 103 | #3,162 | 36 |
| 2008 | #3,936 | 40 | #3,744 | 28 |
| 2007 | #5,097 | 28 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #4,265 | 34 | #5,525 | 15 |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #3,898 | 36 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #3,232 | 45 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #3,283 | 42 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #3,864 | 33 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,334 | 40 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,831 | 30 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,883 | 20 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | — | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | — | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | — | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 | — | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | — | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | — | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 | — | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 | — | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | — | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | — | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | — | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,256 | 16 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,257 | 16 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,283 | 16 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,264 | 15 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,805 | 21 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | — | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | — | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | #1,094 | 9 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Honor! It came in at #1,136, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1894, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Honor is popular in 2020
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Carolina#1,085 · 1 in 6,233
- Ohio#1,274 · 1 in 7,984
- Pennsylvania#1,400 · 1 in 9,670
- New York#1,514 · 1 in 9,948
- California#1,804 · 1 in 14,518
Best ever in a state: #536 in Kentucky, 2013.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #1,085 | 7 | 1 in 6,233 |
| Ohio | #1,274 | 6 | 1 in 7,984 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,400 | 5 | 1 in 9,670 |
| New York | #1,514 | 8 | 1 in 9,948 |
| California | #1,804 | 12 | 1 in 14,518 |
| Texas | #2,463 | 7 | 1 in 21,849 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Illinois | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
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| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
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| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Honor
- 288 spots since 2024 (#2,099 → #2,387)
- 410 spots since 2020 (#1,977 → #2,387)
- 683 spots since 2015 (#1,704 → #2,387)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1897 at #1,094 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1898, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 13,095 girls born in 2013 were named Honor (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 21,430 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,094 in 1897, was only 1 in 26,022 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 35.5% of all girls named Honor (1,111) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2022, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #1,136 (1888) | #1,136 |
| 1890s | 30 | #1,094 (1897) | #1,398 |
| 1900s | 52 | #1,289 (1907) | #1,664 |
| 1910s | 81 | #1,773 (1910) | #2,707 |
| 1920s | 121 | #2,169 (1923) | #2,872 |
| 1930s | 86 | #2,365 (1932) | #2,910 |
| 1940s | 74 | #2,861 (1943) | #3,704 |
| 1950s | 76 | #3,325 (1954) | #4,284 |
| 1960s | 100 | #3,085 (1967) | #4,325 |
| 1970s | 121 | #3,971 (1973) | #4,915 |
| 1980s | 88 | #4,476 (1983) | #7,230 |
| 1990s | 156 | #3,831 (1998) | #6,906 |
| 2000s | 429 | #2,005 (2009) | #3,762 |
| 2010s | 1,111 | #1,599 (2013) | #1,854 |
| 2020s | 598 | #1,731 (2022) | #1,985 |
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.
Honor in 2020
Top girls' names in 2020
Top boys' names in 2020
More about 2020
girls
1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 17,016 of them was named Honor, which outranked 88.7% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,965Mildred96
- #1,965Ollie96
- #1,965Wesley96
- #1,977Honor95
- #1,977Abbigail95
- #1,977Adlee95
- #1,977Anderson95
- #1,991Avigail94
- #1,991Berklee94
- #1,991Caliyah94
Tied with 13 names at #1,977; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 16,758 of them was named Honor, which outranked 88.8% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,568Siddharth104
- #1,568Storm104
- #1,568Zaidyn104
- #1,579Honor103
- #1,579Benji103
- #1,579Ender103
- #1,579Henri103
- #1,592Camren102
- #1,592Damarion102
- #1,592Jordyn102
Tied with 12 names at #1,579; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
- ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
- ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
- ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
- ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.