Honora
Honora was given to 15 girls in 2025, #7,261 among girls’ names; 1,721 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Honora by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Honora mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Honora is “a female given name from Latin, mainly used in Ireland.”
Medieval variant of Honoria, feminine form of Honorius.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Honora?
#7,261 among girls’ names, 2025
Honora fell from #6,556 in 2015 to #7,261 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 10.6 to 9.3 per million.
28 babies in 1919, the peak
Honora peaked in 1919, when 28 girls were given it, #1,497 among girls’ names. The 15 births of 2025 are 54% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,261 | 9.3 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,810 | 17.3 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,392 | 9.3 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,969 | 6.1 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,141 | 15.2 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,736 | 10.5 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,353 | 14.3 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,926 | 15.9 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,373 | 11.0 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,377 | 9.0 |
Every recorded year (133)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 19 | #6,556 | 10.6 |
| 2014 | 17 | #7,107 | 9.5 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,103 | 12.0 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,980 | 12.5 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,808 | 13.1 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,615 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,193 | 8.2 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,876 | 8.5 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,243 | 7.8 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,908 | 6.8 |
| 2005 | 14 | #8,048 | 7.6 |
| 2004 | 7 | #13,254 | 3.8 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,152 | 10.4 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,492 | 4.5 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,265 | 3.9 |
| 1999 | 5 | #15,268 | 2.8 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,457 | 4.5 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,997 | 4.0 |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,340 | 3.3 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,884 | 3.8 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,611 | 3.9 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,576 | 5.2 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,315 | 6.4 |
| 1985 | 9 | #7,156 | 5.2 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,339 | 4.2 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,547 | 4.1 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,502 | 3.6 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,756 | 3.1 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,574 | 4.8 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,675 | 6.9 |
| 1974 | 6 | #8,048 | 4.1 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,767 | 4.1 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,642 | 7.2 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,880 | 3.0 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,864 | 7.9 |
| 1967 | 5 | #7,155 | 3.0 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,459 | 4.1 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,619 | 5.1 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,191 | 5.8 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,667 | 4.7 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,500 | 3.6 |
| 1961 | 8 | #5,042 | 4.0 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,778 | 5.9 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,829 | 3.0 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,659 | 4.0 |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,550 | 5.9 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,601 | 4.0 |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,764 | 8.7 |
| 1954 | 19 | #2,545 | 9.8 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,556 | 5.8 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,857 | 8.1 |
| 1951 | 13 | #3,003 | 7.2 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,597 | 9.3 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,935 | 14.6 |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,874 | 15.3 |
| 1947 | 20 | #2,230 | 11.3 |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,529 | 9.5 |
| 1945 | 17 | #2,097 | 13.0 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,835 | 8.3 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,618 | 9.3 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,471 | 10.4 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,769 | 17.4 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,823 | 8.7 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,655 | 20.1 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,721 | 19.0 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,820 | 9.4 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,434 | 11.5 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,484 | 11.4 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,489 | 11.5 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,486 | 5.0 |
| 1932 | 16 | #2,068 | 15.0 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,055 | 15.0 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,772 | 18.7 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,497 | 11.6 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,442 | 12.1 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,379 | 12.6 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,902 | 17.7 |
| 1925 | 18 | #2,145 | 14.8 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,457 | 12.0 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,402 | 12.4 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,336 | 13.3 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,641 | 21.9 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,917 | 17.5 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,497 | 24.8 |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,586 | 22.5 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,485 | 24.0 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,557 | 23.0 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,702 | 20.3 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,281 | 31.5 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,196 | 35.2 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,503 | 25.1 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,712 | 21.5 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,689 | 22.7 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,525 | 25.9 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,300 | 32.9 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,925 | 18.8 |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,070 | 16.9 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,471 | 27.4 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,754 | 21.8 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,375 | 30.5 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,375 | 30.3 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,268 | 33.4 |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,362 | 30.0 |
| 1899 | 16 | #822 | 68.7 |
| 1898 | 11 | #1,066 | 42.5 |
| 1897 | 14 | #880 | 59.8 |
| 1896 | 11 | #1,015 | 46.2 |
| 1895 | 15 | #841 | 64.2 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,183 | 35.9 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,523 | 23.5 |
| 1892 | 10 | #981 | 47.1 |
| 1891 | 9 | #968 | 48.5 |
| 1890 | 9 | #970 | 47.3 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,197 | 33.6 |
| 1888 | 10 | #862 | 56.0 |
| 1887 | 12 | #674 | 82.2 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,185 | 34.6 |
| 1885 | 7 | #871 | 52.6 |
| 1884 | 7 | #887 | 54.3 |
| 1883 | 6 | #860 | 53.4 |
| 1882 | 5 | #962 | 46.4 |
| 1881 | 9 | #601 | 97.9 |
| 1880 | 5 | #873 | 54.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Honora a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Honora has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 133 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Honora: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Honora, and how old are they?
An estimated 856 Americans named Honora and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (50% of everyone recorded); the median is 28 years old and half are between 12 and 69. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 919 people named Honora (913 women and girls, 6 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 831 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Honora born?
The states with the most babies named Honora are New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, with 98% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Massachusetts is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 143 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 38 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Massachusetts | 16 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Ohio | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Honora is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Honora is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 1.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Honora with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 1,973 babies since 1880, Honora is the most given (87% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Honora
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Honora and names like it
- Compare Honora and HonoreBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sHonora peaked in 1919.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Honora since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Honora: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1919The year the most babies were named Honora.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Honora alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with HMost given first.