Happy
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- HAP-ee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Happy is a name of English origin, meaning “happy, joyful”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Happy mean?
English: English word
“happy, joyful”
From the English word happy, which grew out of hap, an old word for chance or good fortune.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Happy a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Happy has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Happy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Happy, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1975, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1919. 7 boys were also named Happy in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Happy in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Happy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
Names like Happy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ivy Lily Hadley Emmy Poppy Everly Harlow Daisy Harper Hallie Honey Ruby
More English names
Evelyn Hudson Grace Violet Willow Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Hazel Carter Harrison River Ellie Frankie Grayson
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Happy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/happy, updated 20 October 2026.