Honour
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Honour is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Honour mean?
English
A female given name from English, a less common spelling of Honor.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Honour a girl's or a boy's name?
Honour is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Honour in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Honour, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Honour in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Honour in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Honour in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 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, 9 girls in the US were named Honour, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Honour than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Honour in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Honour in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
Names like Honour
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harper Hafsa Safa Poppy Ayra Summer Zainab Willow Hallie River Isla Ayah
Names related to Honour
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Grace Violet Daisy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hazel Carter Harrison Ellie
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, “Honour: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/honour, updated 20 October 2026.