Honor
Feminine · “honor”
Honor is given to both — 3,129 girls and 1,475 boys since 1880. See Honor as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Honor descends from the Latin honos, and the Romans built a temple to it that could only be entered through the temple of Virtue.
How old is the name Honor?
Honor first appears in US birth records in 1888 — 137 years ago. The typical Honor alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 2,700 people named Honor are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Honor most popular?
Honor peaked in 1897, reaching #1094 nationally. Today it ranks #2387, 1,293 places below that high. See the whole 1897 chart.
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Where it comes from
From honos to Honor
The story of Honor
Rome had temples to Honos and Virtus built together so that Honour could only be reached through Virtue — an arrangement Cicero mentions. The Puritans took Honor as a given name alongside Faith and Hope. It appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
honor, esteem
From the Latin honos or honor, 'esteem' or 'public office'. The word covered both reputation and the offices a man held — the cursus honorum was the sequence of magistracies. English took it through French. The Latin is documented.
How the name formed
- honos
- honor
- Honor
Related forms: Honour · Honoria · Onóra
Pronouncing Honor
ON-ur
Two syllables, stress on the first. The h is silent in English.
Nicknames for Honor
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1888
- Most girls named
- 2013134 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1094reached in 1897
- Change vs 2023
- −25.0%75 in 2025, from 100
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Honor in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Honour in English — spelling variant
- Honoria in Latin — related form
- Onóra in Irish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Georgia.
Honors among us
people named Honor are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 21,430 born in 2025 was named Honor
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Honor sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Honor is headed
Honor should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Honor beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Honor in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the temple of Honour could only be entered through Virtue is a first-rate fact.
- Nora is available as a related short form with a large record.
- It records a real Puritan naming tradition.
- It is an abstract noun and carries a claim.
- Honour with a u is the British spelling.
- The silent h invites misreading.
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Feminine · #2387 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Honors are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,700 people named Honor are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Honor in 2025?
- Honor ranks #2387 among US girl names in 2025, with 75 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Honor?
- About 1 in every 21,430 US girls born in 2025 was named Honor — 75 in all.
- Will my child share the name Honor with classmates?
- Honor will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Honor
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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