Girls' name · since 1912

Honey

Honey has 4,757 recorded births since 1912 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#2,664 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#844 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
4,757
born since 1912
2020s
peak decade

Honey currently ranks #844 among girls' names in America, with 4,757 babies recorded since 1912.

Social Security Administration records show Honey recorded 4,757 times among girls since 1912, holding rank #844 nationally today, ahead of 95% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2025.

  • #2,664 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #844 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 4,757 born since 1912
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Honey ranks #2,664 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #844 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,757 born since 1912, peaking in the 2020s.

#2,664 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#844 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
4,757
born since 1912
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%95.1%
Honey vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Upper archive tier
All-time archive position

Honey's 4,757 recorded births place it above 96.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

33 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

33 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.

How Honey compares

4,757 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

Honey's all-time total is 13x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Honey Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 4,757 376 567,345
Peak-year births 322 21 19,840

Honey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Honey's SSA record in two at 1969 and the more recent half accounts for 78% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 22%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1914, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 322, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Honey popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2025

Top 1,000 girls' name
Peak year (2025)
322
Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
0100200300400 191219281943195819731988200320182025 322

Honey by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (1,244 births, 26% of the file).

2020s was Honey's strongest decade.

1,244 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.

Honey births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,244 births (26% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Honey 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 Honey's total volume

Honey vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15% 050100150 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -57, 6.4%-84, 4%-75, 4.1%-49, 7.3%-55, 4.1%-47, 6.5%-67, 5.4%-69, 6.3%-63, 5.6%-15, 14.1%-41, 8.6%-41, 6.1%-124, 3.3%-111, 9.2%-62, 5.2%Honey-114, 6.8%Honey
Honey vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Honey by state

Where Honey concentrates geographically, total births since 1912

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Honey
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
550 11.6%
#2 Texas
368 7.7%
#3 New York
163 3.4%
#4 Florida
81 1.7%
#5 Arizona
77 1.6%
#6 Tennessee
62 1.3%
#7 Georgia
49 1.0%
#8 North Carolina
49 1.0%
California share of Honey's total US births 11.6%
Even split

550 of 4,757 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 33 reporting states.

Honey appears in 33 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Honey? ▼
4,757 babies have been named Honey since 1912. All-time, it sits at #2,664 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #844 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2025 with 322 births.
Where does Honey sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Honey ranks #2,664 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #844 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Honey most popular? ▼
Honey was most popular in the 2020s decade with 1,244 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
Where is Honey most popular? ▼
The top states for the name Honey are California (550 births), Texas (368 births), New York (163 births).
How long has the name Honey been used? ▼
Records for Honey go back to 1912, giving 114 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Honey? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Honesty, Honor, Honora, Honesti, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Honey's data

  • California records the most Honeys (550 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Honey

Nearby Names Like Honey

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Honey

Honesty Girl
#1617 5,045 births
Honor Girl
#2391 3,129 births
Honora Girl
#7140 1,721 births
Honesti Girl
#2952 1,124 births
Hong Girl
450 births

Compare Honey side by side: Honey vs Honesty Honey vs Honor Honey vs Honora

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Related Names

Names with a similar popularity rank to Honey

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Elani #846
2,485 births · Peak 2025
Hunter #841
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Ensley #847
3,794 births · Peak 2020
Jaliyah #840
12,277 births · Peak 2011
Lea #848
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Honey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1912–2025 (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 Honey 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.