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Honor

Boy's name · #1814 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

52% boys · 48% girls — Honor is split almost evenly between girls and boys among recent newborns. Honor →

Popularity over time

Honor is near its high-water mark: it reached #1414 in 2021 and still ranked #1814 in 2025. About 1,500 boys have carried it since 1952.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 9 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#5,266 in Ecuador (2023) · #13,740 in Italy (2023) · #4,789 in England & Wales (2021) · #2,715 in Canada (2015).

Famous Honors

• Honor Titus — American painter (born 1989)
• Honor Jackson — American football player (born 1948)

In stories & tradition

• Honor — The Stormlight Archive (novel series)

What Honors become

Among 49 notable people named Honor:

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