girls' name ★ peaked 2025

Honey

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #846 Trend ↑ Rising 276%
Rank 2025
#846
among girls · ↑85 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
322
named Honey · +13% vs 2024
How common
1 in 4,992
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
322 babies
All-time total
4,757
#2,664 all-time among girls
First recorded
1912
in Social Security records

Honey popularity over time

4,757 babies have been named Honey since 1912, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2025Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s 70 7 – #2,237
1920s 134 13 +91% #1,598
1930s 165 17 +23% #1,756
1940s 246 25 +49% #1,310
1950s 220 22 -11% #1,807
1960s 309 31 +40% #1,295
1970s 662 66 +114% #1,337
1980s 320 32 -52% #1,694
1990s 151 15 -53% #4,717
2000s 648 65 +329% #1,783
2010s 588 59 -9% #2,302
2020s (to 2025) 1,244 207 +253% #846

Where Honey is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 405 0.25 outside top 500
2027 491 0.31 outside top 500
2028 579 0.36 outside top 500
2029 667 0.41 #463
2030 751 0.47 #416

Where Honey is most popular

Girls named Honey per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.142 per 1,000. Strongest in Arkansas, Hawaii, and Utah.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Honey born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Arkansas 39 0.738 +422%
Hawaii 5 0.436 +208%
Utah 27 0.324 +129%
Missouri 37 0.307 +117%
Tennessee 47 0.297 +110%
Oklahoma 21 0.285 +102%
Arizona 37 0.264 +86%
Kentucky 20 0.234 +65%
Oregon 13 0.200 +41%
North Carolina 44 0.193 +37%
South Carolina 16 0.178 +26%
Georgia 39 0.172 +21%
Alabama 16 0.170 +20%
Indiana 22 0.157 +11%
Texas 125 0.155 +10%
California 130 0.155 +9%
Idaho 5 0.149 +6%
Colorado 16 0.143 ≈ national
Florida 56 0.131 -8%
Washington 18 0.125 -12%
Virginia 20 0.117 -17%
Louisiana 10 0.114 -19%
Michigan 20 0.110 -22%
Nevada 5 0.108 -24%
Ohio 25 0.105 -26%
Kansas 6 0.104 -27%
Illinois 21 0.092 -35%
Wisconsin 7 0.068 -52%
Minnesota 6 0.056 -61%
Pennsylvania 13 0.055 -61%
New Jersey 7 0.039 -73%
New York 10 0.025 -82%
Alaska – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Iowa – – –
Massachusetts – – –
Maryland – – –
Maine – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Mexico – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Honey

Honey is uncommon for girls in the United States, ranked #846 in 2025 with 322 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1912, 4,757 American babies have been named Honey. Its peak came in 2025, when 322 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Honey stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Honey?

The median living Honey is about 19 years old; half are between 4 and 49. An estimated 4,200 people named Honey are alive in the United States today.

median 19 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Honey year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 322 #846
2024 285 #931
2023 206 #1,171
2022 200 #1,212
2021 135 #1,556
2020 96 #1,968
2019 68 #2,573
2018 57 #2,923
2017 41 #3,726
2016 51 #3,197
2015 49 #3,318
2014 48 #3,341
2013 59 #2,879
2012 74 #2,481
2011 58 #2,961
2010 83 #2,302
2009 81 #2,384
2008 90 #2,211
2007 101 #2,026
2006 93 #2,099
2005 110 #1,783
2004 77 #2,271
2003 25 #4,996
2002 24 #4,962
2001 23 #5,072
2000 24 #4,852
1995 15 #6,070
1990 18 #5,136
1985 26 #3,352
1980 67 #1,694
1975 71 #1,450
1970 57 #1,640
1965 21 #2,698
1960 14 #3,419
1955 28 #2,038
1950 27 #1,850
1945 16 #2,185
1940 16 #2,058
1935 19 #1,808
1930 21 #1,772
1925 7 #4,199
1920 8 #3,763
1915 10 #2,794
1910 – –
1905 – –
1900 – –
1895 – –
1890 – –
1885 – –
1880 – –

Famous people named Honey

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Honey Irani Honey Irani Indian actress and screenwriter b. 1954 · Contemporary
  2. 2 Honey Sri-Isan Honey Sri-Isan Musical artist 1970–1992 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Honey, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Honey?

The median living Honey is about 19 years old. Half of all living Honeys are between 4 and 49 years old.

How many people named Honey are alive today?

An estimated 4,200 people named Honey are alive in the United States, based on 4,757 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

How popular is the name Honey in 2025?

Honey ranked #846 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 322 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Honey?

4,757 babies have been named Honey in the United States since 1912, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Honey most popular?

Honey peaked in 2025, when 322 newborns received the name.

Is Honey a boy or girl name?

Honey is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Honey rising or falling?

Honey is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Honey become more popular?

Honey is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 751 girls named Honey in 2030, which would rank around #416. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Honey?

Well-known people named Honey include Honey Irani (actor), Honey Sri-Isan (singer).

Names like Honey

Names that sound and feel close to Honey: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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