Girls' name · since 1975
Honesty
5,045 babies named Honesty in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,565 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,617 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,045
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
Honesty currently ranks #1617 among girls' names in America, with 5,045 babies recorded since 1975.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Honesty has been recorded 5,045 times among girls since 1975, currently ranked #1617 nationally and more common than 91% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #2,565 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,617 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,045 born since 1975
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Honesty ranks #2,565 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,617 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,045 born since 1975, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,565 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,617 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,045
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
Honesty's 5,045 recorded births place it above 96.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
29 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Ohio.
How Honesty compares
5,045 Top 14% higher than 86% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Honesty's all-time total is 13x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Honesty | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,045 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 256 | 21 | 19,840 |
Honesty's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Honesty splits its recorded history at 2000: 92% of all births land in the more recent half, 8% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 256 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Honesty popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 256
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Honesty popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2025 (Honesty as boys' name)
Honesty by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,255 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Honesty's strongest decade.
2,255 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Honesty births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 57
1970s
57 births
- 1980s 86
1980s
86 births
- 1990s 245
1990s
245 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,397 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,255 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,005 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,255 births (45% of all-time use).
How Honesty compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Honesty's total volume
Honesty by state
Where Honesty concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 352 | 7.0% |
| #2 | California | | 351 | 7.0% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 320 | 6.3% |
| #4 | Texas | | 311 | 6.2% |
| #5 | Florida | | 283 | 5.6% |
| #6 | New York | | 257 | 5.1% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 207 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 201 | 4.0% |
352 of 5,045 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Honesty appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Honesty's data
- Honesty's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,255 total births) through the 2020s (1,005) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Ohio records the most Honestys (352 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Honesty: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~50 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Honesty draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.