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Honey

Gender
Girl
Say it
HUN-ee
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#204 for girls
US rank, 2025
#844 for girls

Honey is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “honey”. In 2025 it ranked 204th for girls in the UK (264 babies) and 844th for girls in the US (322 babies).

What does Honey mean?

English: English word name

“honey”

Long used in English as a term of endearment before it became a first name.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Honey a girl's or a boy's name?

Honey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 264 girls in the UK and 322 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Honey in the UK?

Rank in 2025
204th among girls
Babies in 2025
264 about 1 in 1,100 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 89% in five years
Same name in a class
1.3% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 264 girls in the UK were named Honey, making it the 204th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 365th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 351 girls.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Honey than any year since 2011.

Half of all the girls named Honey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 199th in England and Wales, 429th in Scotland and 334th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 351 in 20052025
Honey in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025264#204
2024204#258
2023178#277
2022119#403
2021158#333
2020134#365
2019111#421
201896#502
201799#488
2016187#296
2015167#311
2014148#339
2013183#285
2012247#225
2011266#214
2010267#218
2009305#198
2008285#207
2007304#199
2006290#201
2005351#172
2004198#253
2003113#360
200258#562
200137#737
200017#1,230
199916#1,298
199814#1,417
199712#1,559
19968#2,012

How popular is Honey in the US?

Rank in 2025
844th among girls
Babies in 2025
322 about 1 in 5,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fast up 268% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 322 girls in the US were named Honey, making it the 844th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,965th. It first appears in the records in 1912.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had the most girls named Honey of any year since it first appeared, in 1912.

Half of all the girls named Honey in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 329 girls in the US were given Honey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #798, up from #844 for this spelling alone.

1912Busiest: 322 in 20252025
Honey in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025322#844
2024285#929
2023206#1,168
2022200#1,206
2021135#1,554
202096#1,965
201968#2,561
201857#2,904
201741#3,696
201651#3,182
201549#3,299
201448#3,324
201359#2,869
201274#2,474
201158#2,944
201083#2,296
200981#2,374
200890#2,206
2007101#2,015
200693#2,098
2005110#1,777
200477#2,261
200325#4,938
200224#4,902
200123#5,004
200024#4,786
199918#5,655
199816#6,068
199722#4,656
199618#5,275
199515#5,953
199412#7,091
19938#9,552
199215#6,001
19919#8,580
199018#5,055
198923#4,115
198813#5,890
198718#4,471
198626#3,358
198526#3,327
198426#3,232
198335#2,551
198241#2,369
198145#2,231
198067#1,692
197970#1,605
197853#1,862
197776#1,451
197665#1,551
197571#1,447
197479#1,334
197365#1,458
197253#1,674
197173#1,427
197057#1,637
196976#1,290
196848#1,678
196719#2,868
196639#1,827
196521#2,683
196435#2,010
196320#2,779
196219#2,813
196118#2,956
196014#3,356
195925#2,288
195813#3,378
195712#3,488
195620#2,529
195528#2,023
195433#1,800
195319#2,430
195230#1,819
195113#2,936
195027#1,834
194926#1,881
194817#2,415
194730#1,751
194644#1,305
194516#2,148
194424#1,697
194327#1,624
194223#1,759
194123#1,649
194016#2,028
193920#1,731
193815#2,113
193717#1,914
193615#2,032
193519#1,779
193415#2,086
19339#2,867
193219#1,816
193115#2,104
193021#1,747
192915#2,190
192817#2,093
192727#1,586
192621#1,882
19257#4,027
192410#3,143
192310#3,124
192211#2,956
19218#3,665
19208#3,596
191913#2,515
191814#2,375
191712#2,551
19160–
191510#2,687
19146#3,187
19137#2,538
19128#2,143

Names like Honey

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Scarlett, Riley, Willow, Lily, Autumn, Aubrey, Myla, Harper, Ivy, Heidi, Hope, Holly

Other spellings of Honey

Hunni

More English names

Evelyn, Hudson, Grace, Violet, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River, Ellie

Every English name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Honey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/honey, updated 20 October 2026.