How rare is the name Honey?

3,615 people in the United States have the first name Honey, about 1 in 83,550. It ranks #4,925 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

HONEY

#4,925

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,615
About
1 in 83,550
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,615 people named Honey, 50.3% reported their origin as White, 16.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 15% as Hispanic or Latino. 95% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Honey peaked in 2025, when 322 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
322
In 2025*
322
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,757 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Honey by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,188. The largest share of babies named Honey, 34%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#4,97970
1920s#4,466134
1930s#3,488165
1940s#3,020246
1950s#3,751220
1960s#3,430309
1970s#2,479662
1980s#4,618320
1990s#9,830151
2000s#4,506648
2010s#5,033588
2020s#2,1881,244
Greatest Generation 1901–273.6%
Silent Generation 1928–456.9%
Baby boom 1946–649.3%
Generation X 1965–8019.6%
Millennials 1981–967.3%
Generation Z 1997–1219.3%
2013 and later34%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Honey is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Honey has been most common in Arizona (3.3×), California (2.9×), and Texas (2.5×), and least common in Illinois (0.39×).

1,893 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Honey

2 other first names also have 3,615 people.

#4,925 Armin · 3,615#4,925 Donato · 3,615

Either side of Honey

#4,925 Armin · 3,615#4,925 Donato · 3,615#4,928 Audrianna · 3,614#4,928 Shasta · 3,614

Also a last name

As a last name, Honey ranks #11,312 of 156,621, with 2,668 people. See Honey as a last name

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