Honey

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Honey is an English hypocorism, independent given name, and surname meaning “honey”, which has long been used to sweeten foods and is a common English term of endearment. The word is derived from the Old English term hungi.

From Wikipedia

Honey first appears in the data in 1912 and has been recorded in 112 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2024 with 282 babies (rank #935 that year). In 2024 it was given to 282 girls (rank #935). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Honey

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Honey yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

4Destiny numberThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
9Soul urgeThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
4PersonalityThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

4,431

Total babies (all years)

112

Years in the data

282

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In The Roald Dahl Universe: Miss Honey — Matilda's teacher

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1912	8	#2,237
1913	7	#2,661
1914	6	#3,365
1915	10	#2,794
1917	12	#2,628
1918	14	#2,433
1919	13	#2,571
1920	8	#3,763
1921	8	#3,823
1922	11	#3,042
1923	10	#3,229
1924	10	#3,241
1925	7	#4,198
1926	21	#1,902
1927	27	#1,598
1928	17	#2,134
1929	15	#2,238
1930	21	#1,772
1931	15	#2,143
1932	19	#1,838
1933	9	#2,984
1934	15	#2,127
1935	19	#1,808
1936	15	#2,085
1937	17	#1,953
1938	15	#2,160
1939	20	#1,756
1940	16	#2,057
1941	23	#1,670
1942	23	#1,778
1943	27	#1,639
1944	24	#1,718
1945	16	#2,185
1946	44	#1,310
1947	30	#1,770
1948	17	#2,443
1949	26	#1,898
1950	27	#1,850
1951	13	#3,003
1952	30	#1,838
1953	19	#2,458
1954	33	#1,807
1955	28	#2,038
1956	20	#2,566
1957	12	#3,550
1958	13	#3,437
1959	25	#2,308
1960	14	#3,418
1961	18	#3,001
1962	19	#2,851
1963	20	#2,812
1964	35	#2,028
1965	21	#2,698
1966	39	#1,836
1967	19	#2,906
1968	48	#1,688
1969	76	#1,295
1970	57	#1,641
1971	73	#1,430
1972	53	#1,681
1973	65	#1,465
1974	79	#1,337
1975	71	#1,450
1976	65	#1,551
1977	76	#1,453
1978	53	#1,870
1979	70	#1,611
1980	67	#1,694
1981	45	#2,237
1982	41	#2,385
1983	35	#2,564
1984	26	#3,263
1985	26	#3,352
1986	26	#3,389
1987	18	#4,537
1988	13	#6,014
1989	23	#4,164
1990	18	#5,137
1991	9	#8,850
1992	15	#6,120
1993	8	#9,914
1994	12	#7,271
1995	15	#6,069
1996	18	#5,366
1997	22	#4,717
1998	16	#6,171
1999	18	#5,746
2000	24	#4,852
2001	23	#5,072
2002	24	#4,961
2003	25	#4,996
2004	77	#2,271
2005	110	#1,783
2006	93	#2,099
2007	101	#2,026
2008	90	#2,210
2009	81	#2,384
2010	83	#2,302
2011	58	#2,961
2012	74	#2,481
2013	59	#2,879
2014	48	#3,341
2015	49	#3,318
2016	51	#3,196
2017	41	#3,724
2018	57	#2,922
2019	68	#2,573
2020	96	#1,968
2021	135	#1,555
2022	200	#1,211
2023	205	#1,171
2024	282	#935