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.
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- 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 2022
Top girls' names in 2022
Top boys' names in 2022
More about 2022
girls
1,640,131 girls got a published name in 2022; 1 in 13,668 of them was named Honor, which outranked 90.3% of the 17,760 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,720Magdalene121
- #1,720Marion121
- #1,720Regan121
- #1,731Honor120
- #1,731Ameerah120
- #1,731Ashanti120
- #1,731Ashton120
- #1,742Arlene119
- #1,742Belinda119
- #1,742Blakeleigh119
Tied with 10 names at #1,731; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,746,008 boys got a published name in 2022; 1 in 15,052 of them was named Honor, which outranked 89.3% of the 14,333 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,532Mahir117
- #1,532Mauro117
- #1,532Santi117
- #1,540Honor116
- #1,540Aven116
- #1,540Brayson116
- #1,540Coby116
- #1,551Dale115
- #1,551Don115
- #1,551Iverson115
Tied with 10 names at #1,540; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.