Honest
Honest was the 4447th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 3092nd with 39 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,799 places. More babies were named Honest in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,447 boys, up 316 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 23boys
- Girls and boys
- 47% girls, 53% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202139 babies
- Total since 1880
- 604babies recorded
Honest popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,620 | #4,447 | 22 | 23 |
| 2020 | #5,220 | #4,763 | 24 | 20 |
| 2010 | #15,685 | — | 6 | — |
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How popular is Honest, counting every spelling?
Honest has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Honest?
23 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Honest (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Honest born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 363 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Honest.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Honest?
About 300 people born in the US named Honest are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 8. That makes Honest a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Honest by state
How common Honest was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Honest: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Honest, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Honest
How popular is the name Honest?
Honest was the 4447th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 3092nd with 39 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,799 places. More babies were named Honest in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Honest a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 47% girls, 53% boys given the name Honest in the US.
Where is Honest most popular?
In 2021–2025, Honest was most common in Georgia (0.05 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and Texas.