Honora

#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births

Peak · girls
1881 · 9 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,721
since 1880

Honora over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Honora has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201892peak #582, 1881girls
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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#7,13315
2024#4,77228
2023#7,24715
2022#9,68010
2021#5,09125
2020#6,62917
2019#5,30624
2018#4,88927
2017#6,28719
2016#7,23016
2015#6,45219
2014#6,98717
2013#6,01721
2012#5,89522
2011#5,72823
2010#11,2469
2009#8,05815
2008#7,74216
2007#8,09815
2006#8,71513
2005#7,89114
2004#12,7617
2003#6,05519
2002#11,1088
2001
2000#11,8017
1999#14,4115
1998#10,1228
1997
1996#10,5677
1995
1994
1993#11,7806
1992#10,4797
1991
1990
1989
1988#9,2447
1987#7,3539
1986#6,15611
1985#6,9559
1984
1983#8,0477
1982#8,2247
1981#9,1106
1980
1979#10,2105
1978
1977
1976#7,2967
1975#5,51610
1974#7,6806
1973#7,4356
1972
1971#4,53412
1970
1969#7,4715
1968#3,78913
1967#6,8045
1966#5,2737
1965#4,4949
1964#4,09611
1963#4,5399
1962#5,2937
1961#4,8828
1960#3,68812
1959#5,5666
1958#4,5208
1957#3,48912
1956#4,4678
1955#2,72517
1954#2,51919
1953#3,48011
1952#2,80615
1951#2,93713
1950#2,53516
1949#1,91725
1948#1,85826
1947#2,20020
1946#2,48215
1945#2,06017
1944#2,76211
1943#2,55813
1942#2,41614
1941#1,75021
1940#2,73710
1939#1,63822
1938#1,70321
1937#2,73510
1936#2,38612
1935#2,43912
1934#2,42412
1933#4,2185
1932#2,03716
1931#2,02416
1930#1,74821
1929#2,43713
1928#2,38114
1927#2,33915
1926#1,88321
1925#2,11918
1924#2,40915
1923#2,36615
1922#2,29116
1921#1,62527
1920#1,88921
1919#1,48128
1918#1,56626
1917#1,47026
1916#1,53324
1915#1,67220
1914#1,26224
1913#1,17622
1912#1,47714
1911#1,6569
1910#1,6349
1909#1,4719
1908#1,26111
1907#1,8216
1906#1,9515
1905#1,4208
1904#1,6596
1903#1,3188
1902#1,3208
1901#1,2278
1900#1,3199
1899#81416
1898#1,04711
1897#86714
1896#99911
1895#81515
1894#1,1368
1893#1,4375
1892#95810
1891#9439
1890#9409
1889#1,1476
1888#83710
1887#66112
1886#1,1085
1885#8427
1884#8517
1883#8176
1882#9085
1881#5829
1880#8365
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Honora was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1969–1970, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Honora
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,361 spots since 2024 (#4,772#7,133)
  • 504 spots since 2020 (#6,629#7,133)
  • 681 spots since 2015 (#6,452#7,133)
  • Biggest jump: 447 spots in 1887 (#1,108#661)
  • Biggest drop: 505 spots in 1900 (#814#1,319)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #582 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1970, 89 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1880–1885
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,217
  • Highest: 1 in 10,217 girls born in 1881 were named Honora (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 107,151 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 11.7% of all girls named Honora (202) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s72#582 (1881)#859
1890s108#814 (1899)#996
1900s78#1,227 (1901)#1,477
1910s202#1,176 (1913)#1,493
1920s175#1,625 (1921)#2,174
1930s147#1,638 (1939)#2,335
1940s172#1,750 (1941)#2,274
1950s125#2,519 (1954)#3,504
1960s86#3,688 (1960)#5,033
1970s46#4,534 (1971)#7,112
1980s56#6,156 (1986)#7,870
1990s33#10,122 (1998)#11,472
2000s114#6,055 (2003)#9,137
2010s197#4,889 (2018)#6,604
2020s110#4,772 (2024)#6,759

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.

Honora in 1892

girls
#958
10 births · 1 in 21,234 girls

Top girls' names in 1892

  1. #1Mary13,172
  2. #2Anna5,542
  3. #3Elizabeth3,461
  4. #4Margaret3,435
  5. #5Ruth3,290
  6. #6Florence3,154
  7. #7Emma3,128
  8. #8Ethel3,035
  9. #9Helen2,936
  10. #10Clara2,661
  11. #958Honora10
More about 1892

girls

212,339 girls got a published name in 1892; 1 in 21,234 of them was named Honora, which outranked 42.3% of the 1,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Honora
  1. #908Zettie11
  2. #908Zina11
  3. #908Zita11
  4. #958Honora10
  5. #958Alfreda10
  6. #958Alvena10
  7. #958Alverda10
  8. #1,017Adelle9
  9. #1,017Allene9
  10. #1,017Arletta9

Tied with 58 names at #958; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. 553Lollie#1,093#540
  2. 536Leonore#1,332#796
  3. 528Gwendolyn#1,213#685
  4. 507Antonette#1,213#706
  5. 507Monnie#1,213#706
Fallers
  1. 700Nathalie#750#1,450
  2. 654Eudora#624#1,278
  3. 611Leva#839#1,450
  4. 611Roy#839#1,450
  5. 609Pollie#669#1,278

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

See the top 100 for 1892