Honey — #935 US girls' name
4,431 babies named Honey in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 95% of names given to girls today.
21% of everyone ever named Honey was born in this single decade.
282 babies were named Honey in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Honey
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,431 babies named Honey between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Honey currently holds the #935 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 282 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Honey performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 918 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Honey shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 511 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Honey in 32 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Honey 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 4,431 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.
Honey at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Honey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1912
- Peak year (2024)
- 282
- Annual births at peak — across 113 years of records
Currently ranks #935 among girls.
4,431 total births across 113 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 282 births in a single year.
Honey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 918 births that decade — 21% of Honey's all-time total
Honey decade highlights
- Peak decade 918 births
- Runner-up 662 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Honey's strongest decade
918 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Honey by state
Where Honey concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 511 | 11.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 335 | 7.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 163 | 3.7% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 68 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Florida | | 60 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 48 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 38 | 0.9% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 38 | 0.9% |
511 of 4,431 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.5% of nationwide
- Texas 7.6% of nationwide
- New York 3.7% of nationwide
- Arizona 1.5% of nationwide
- Florida 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 32 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Honey appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1912–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.