How Many People Are Named Honey?
people named Honey are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 81,630 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,757 babies named Honey in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
322 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Simply from the English word honey, ultimately from Old English hunig. This was originally a nickname for a sweet person.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Honey in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Honey alive today is about 27 years old, and 61% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 49 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Honey first appears in the records in 1912, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 322 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Honey has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #846, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #846.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #846 |
| Best rank | #846 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,166 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Honey alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Honey were born in California than in any other state: about 536 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Honey was given 2.4 times as often in California, 2.2 times in Arizona and 1.9 times in Texas.
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