Honey is an uncommon girls' name that has climbed to its highest level yet, peaking in 2025.
Honey is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #846 for girl births in the United States (and #1,610 across all names), given to 322 babies. Honey was first reported in SSA data in 1912 and peaked in 2025 (322 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 322 | 322 | #846 |
| 2024 | 285 | 285 | #931 |
| 2023 | 206 | 206 | #1,171 |
| 2022 | 200 | 200 | #1,212 |
| 2021 | 135 | 135 | #1,556 |
| 2020 | 96 | 96 | #1,968 |
| 2019 | 68 | 68 | #2,573 |
| 2018 | 57 | 57 | #2,923 |
| 2017 | 41 | 41 | #3,726 |
| 2016 | 51 | 51 | #3,197 |
| 2015 | 49 | 49 | #3,318 |
| 2014 | 48 | 48 | #3,341 |
| 2013 | 59 | 59 | #2,879 |
| 2012 | 74 | 74 | #2,481 |
| 2011 | 58 | 58 | #2,961 |
| 2010 | 83 | 83 | #2,302 |
| 2009 | 81 | 81 | #2,384 |
| 2008 | 90 | 90 | #2,211 |
| 2007 | 101 | 101 | #2,026 |
| 2006 | 93 | 93 | #2,099 |
| 2005 | 110 | 110 | #1,783 |
| 2004 | 77 | 77 | #2,271 |
| 2003 | 25 | 25 | #4,996 |
| 2002 | 24 | 24 | #4,962 |
| 2001 | 23 | 23 | #5,072 |
| 2000 | 24 | 24 | #4,852 |
| 1999 | 18 | 18 | #5,746 |
| 1998 | 16 | 16 | #6,171 |
| 1997 | 22 | — | #4,717 |
| 1996 | 18 | — | #5,366 |
| 1995 | 15 | — | #6,070 |
| 1994 | 12 | — | #7,271 |
| 1993 | 8 | — | #9,914 |
| 1992 | 15 | — | #6,121 |
| 1991 | 9 | — | #8,851 |
| 1990 | 18 | — | #5,136 |
| 1989 | 23 | — | #4,164 |
| 1988 | 13 | — | #6,014 |
| 1987 | 18 | — | #4,536 |
| 1986 | 26 | — | #3,389 |
| 1985 | 26 | — | #3,352 |
| 1984 | 26 | — | #3,263 |
| 1983 | 35 | — | #2,564 |
| 1982 | 41 | — | #2,385 |
| 1981 | 45 | — | #2,237 |
| 1980 | 67 | — | #1,694 |
| 1979 | 70 | — | #1,611 |
| 1978 | 53 | — | #1,870 |
| 1977 | 76 | — | #1,452 |
| 1976 | 65 | — | #1,551 |
| 1975 | 71 | — | #1,450 |
| 1974 | 79 | — | #1,337 |
| 1973 | 65 | — | #1,464 |
| 1972 | 53 | — | #1,681 |
| 1971 | 73 | — | #1,430 |
| 1970 | 57 | — | #1,640 |
| 1969 | 76 | — | #1,295 |
| 1968 | 48 | — | #1,689 |
| 1967 | 19 | — | #2,906 |
| 1966 | 39 | — | #1,836 |
| 1965 | 21 | — | #2,698 |
| 1964 | 35 | — | #2,028 |
| 1963 | 20 | — | #2,812 |
| 1962 | 19 | — | #2,851 |
| 1961 | 18 | — | #3,002 |
| 1960 | 14 | — | #3,419 |
| 1959 | 25 | — | #2,308 |
| 1958 | 13 | — | #3,437 |
| 1957 | 12 | — | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 20 | — | #2,565 |
| 1955 | 28 | — | #2,038 |
| 1954 | 33 | — | #1,807 |
| 1953 | 19 | — | #2,458 |
| 1952 | 30 | — | #1,838 |
| 1951 | 13 | — | #3,003 |
| 1950 | 27 | — | #1,850 |
| 1949 | 26 | — | #1,899 |
| 1948 | 17 | — | #2,443 |
| 1947 | 30 | — | #1,770 |
| 1946 | 44 | — | #1,310 |
| 1945 | 16 | — | #2,185 |
| 1944 | 24 | — | #1,718 |
| 1943 | 27 | — | #1,639 |
| 1942 | 23 | — | #1,778 |
| 1941 | 23 | — | #1,670 |
| 1940 | 16 | — | #2,058 |
| 1939 | 20 | — | #1,756 |
| 1938 | 15 | — | #2,160 |
| 1937 | 17 | — | #1,953 |
| 1936 | 15 | — | #2,085 |
| 1935 | 19 | — | #1,808 |
| 1934 | 15 | — | #2,127 |
| 1933 | 9 | — | #2,984 |
| 1932 | 19 | — | #1,838 |
| 1931 | 15 | — | #2,143 |
| 1930 | 21 | — | #1,772 |
| 1929 | 15 | — | #2,238 |
| 1928 | 17 | — | #2,134 |
| 1927 | 27 | — | #1,598 |
| 1926 | 21 | — | #1,902 |
| 1925 | 7 | — | #4,199 |
| 1924 | 10 | — | #3,241 |
| 1923 | 10 | — | #3,228 |
| 1922 | 11 | — | #3,042 |
| 1921 | 8 | — | #3,823 |
| 1920 | 8 | — | #3,763 |
| 1919 | 13 | — | #2,571 |
| 1918 | 14 | — | #2,433 |
| 1917 | 12 | — | #2,628 |
| 1915 | 10 | — | #2,794 |
| 1914 | 6 | — | #3,365 |
| 1913 | 7 | — | #2,661 |
| 1912 | 8 | — | #2,237 |