Honor
Honor is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 91 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 910.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2012134 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1888
- 4,438people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,053 girls have been named Honor in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2012, with 134 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 36%.
Honor is used for both sexes: 31% of its bearers are boys (1,385), most of them born around 2021.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Honor | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | |
| 1890s | 30 | |
| 1900s | 52 | |
| 1910s | 81 | |
| 1920s | 121 | |
| 1930s | 86 | |
| 1940s | 74 | |
| 1950s | 76 | |
| 1960s | 100 | |
| 1970s | 121 | |
| 1980s | 88 | |
| 1990s | 156 | |
| 2000s | 429 | |
| 2010s | 1,111 | |
| 2020s | 522 |
In 2012, its biggest year
Honor was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2012 were Sophia, Emma, Isabella, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2012.
Names that rose and fell with Honor
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Julietpeak 2016
- Camillapeak 2019
- Evangelinepeak 2024
- Elapeak 2018
- Emmalinepeak 2014
- Juliettepeak 2024
- Adelinapeak 2024
- Evypeak 2015
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.