Handy — boys' name

What the Data Says About Handy

The Social Security Administration has registered 538 babies named Handy between 1880 and 2016, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Handy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Handy performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Handy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Handy in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Handy in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 538 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.