NameTides

Honey

Honey was the #844 girls' name in the US in 2025 (322 babies), and #199 in England & Wales and #1,577 in Canada.

Honey as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Honey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesNorthern IrelandIrelandScotlandUSCanada
Honey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#844 (322)#199 (253)#429 (7)#334 (4)#413 (9)#1,577 (15)
2024#929 (285)#252 (192)#295 (12)—#504 (7)#993 (27)
2023#1,168 (206)#270 (166)#395 (8)#328 (4)#625 (5)#2,203 (9)
2022#1,206 (200)#380 (112)#418 (7)—#502 (7)#2,315 (8)
2021#1,554 (135)#309 (152)#485 (6)—#764 (4)#2,185 (9)
2020#1,965 (96)#349 (127)#429 (7)——#1,758 (12)
2019#2,561 (68)#396 (109)——#716 (4)#2,872 (6)
2018#2,905 (57)#465 (93)#809 (3)——#2,587 (7)
2017#3,697 (41)#461 (96)#808 (3)———
2016#3,182 (51)#270 (185)——#868 (3)#3,294 (5)
2015#3,299 (49)#295 (162)#566 (5)——#1,584 (14)
2014#3,326 (48)#320 (145)#802 (3)——#2,026 (10)
2013#2,870 (59)#276 (171)#319 (12)——#2,204 (9)
2012#2,474 (74)#207 (243)#665 (4)——#1,904 (11)
2011#2,945 (58)#200 (255)#334 (11)—#510 (8)#2,618 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #844.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 10,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Honey is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,300 to 1 in 4,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Honey by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: #402IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #548ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #611INOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: #1,108PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #800CAUtah: #440UTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #676AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #144ARTennessee: #532TNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #398OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #854GAHawaii: #168HITexas: #878TXFlorida: #768FL
Honey (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,10010

Honey (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HoneyCanadaGirls#1,57715
HoneyEngland & WalesGirls#199253
HoneyIrelandGirls#4139
HoneyNorthern IrelandGirls#3344
HoneyScotlandGirls#4297
HoneyUSGirls#844322