Handy peaked in the US in 1888 at #648, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Handy as a boy’s name Share of babies Rank
Handy as a boy’s name, US Babies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. 0 0.03 0.05 0.08 0.1 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Handy as a boy’s name, US Babies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. 0 0.03 0.05 0.08 0.1 1880 1920 1960 2000 Handy as a boy’s name, US Official rank (1 = most popular, log scale), 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. #1 #10 #100 #1,000 #10K #100K 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Handy as a boy’s name, US Official rank (1 = most popular, log scale), 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. #1 #10 #100 #1,000 #10K #100K 1880 1920 1960 2000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers Year US 2016 #12,185 (5) 2005 #9,115 (7) 2003 #10,894 (5) 1994 #8,800 (5) 1981 #4,509 (8) 1976 #5,587 (5) 1974 #5,227 (5) 1964 #3,601 (6) 1961 #3,652 (6) 1959 #3,037 (8) 1957 #3,257 (7) 1956 #3,216 (7) 1955 #3,201 (7) 1953 #3,798 (5) 1952 #2,875 (8)
The tide so far Peaked in the US in 1888 at #648. In the US records since the data begins in 1880.