How Many People Are Named Handy?
people named Handy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,589,279 people in the US has this name
Based on 543 babies named Handy in Social Security records from 1880 to 2016, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
16 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Handy, 3.8% were girls and 96.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Handy alive today is about 61 years old, and 67% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 44 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Handy first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1916, to 16 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2016.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2016
🏆 Rank History
Handy has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #672, in 1888.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #672 (1888) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,561 in the 1920s |
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