Honest
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- ON-ist
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Unisex
Honest is a name of English origin, meaning “truthful, sincere”. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Honest mean?
English: English word used as a name
“truthful, sincere”
Is Honest a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Honest has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls and 23 boys in the US.
How popular is Honest in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 85% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Honest, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 2012. 22 girls were also named Honest in 2025 (5,553rd for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Honest than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Honest in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 49% of the babies named Honest in the US were girls.
Honest in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,103 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,175 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,689 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,073 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
Names like Honest
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson Beckett Saint Truett Shepherd Everest Wilder Hayes Archer Wylder Hendrix Huxley
Names related to Honest
More English names
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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, “Honest: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/honest, updated 20 October 2026.