Honor
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ON-er
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,808 for boys
Honor is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “honour”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 1,808th for boys in the US (88 babies).
What does Honor mean?
English: virtue name, from Latin honor
“honour”
Taken up by the Puritans in the 17th century along with other virtue names such as Faith and Hope.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Honor a girl's or a boy's name?
Honor is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 75 girls and 88 boys in the US.
How popular is Honor in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Honor, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,089th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 115 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Honor since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Honor in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Honor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,449 |
| 2023 | 28 | #1,247 |
| 2022 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2021 | 34 | #1,078 |
| 2020 | 33 | #1,089 |
| 2019 | 26 | #1,332 |
| 2018 | 53 | #793 |
| 2017 | 50 | #839 |
| 2016 | 55 | #778 |
| 2015 | 56 | #758 |
| 2014 | 70 | #639 |
| 2013 | 64 | #686 |
| 2012 | 95 | #506 |
| 2011 | 106 | #453 |
| 2010 | 102 | #461 |
| 2009 | 114 | #418 |
| 2008 | 87 | #498 |
| 2007 | 78 | #534 |
| 2006 | 94 | #464 |
| 2005 | 89 | #458 |
| 2004 | 95 | #419 |
| 2003 | 115 | #355 |
| 2002 | 88 | #415 |
| 2001 | 92 | #393 |
| 2000 | 97 | #380 |
| 1999 | 92 | #389 |
| 1998 | 99 | #371 |
| 1997 | 84 | #427 |
| 1996 | 52 | #545 |
How popular is Honor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,808among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 88about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 88 boys in the US were named Honor, making it the 1,808th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,579th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 130 boys. It first appears in the records in 1952. 75 girls were also named Honor in 2025 (2,387th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Honor than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Honor in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2000, 89% of the babies named Honor in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 46%, with more boys than girls since 2023.
Honor in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 88 | #1,808 |
| 2024 | 109 | #1,583 |
| 2023 | 112 | #1,558 |
| 2022 | 116 | #1,540 |
| 2021 | 130 | #1,407 |
| 2020 | 103 | #1,579 |
| 2019 | 104 | #1,592 |
| 2018 | 95 | #1,671 |
| 2017 | 98 | #1,623 |
| 2016 | 73 | #1,975 |
| 2015 | 46 | #2,640 |
| 2014 | 51 | #2,459 |
| 2013 | 65 | #2,064 |
| 2012 | 63 | #2,131 |
| 2011 | 48 | #2,546 |
| 2010 | 44 | #2,729 |
| 2009 | 36 | #3,161 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
Names like Honor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ellie Harper Lily Hallie Hannah Chloe Evie Sophie Ivy Zoe Willow Eleanor
Names related to Honor
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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, “Honor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/honor, updated 20 October 2026.