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Honor

Girl's name · #2390 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

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

Popularity over time

Honor reached its best rank, #1116, in 1897 and ranked #2390 in 2025. Roughly 3,100 girls have been named Honor since 1888.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 10 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,892 in England & Wales (2025) · #638 in Scotland (2024) · #905 in Ireland (2022) · #399 in New Zealand (2020) · #1,996 in Canada (2018) · #5,044 in France (2015) · #314 in N. Ireland (2014) · #4,302 in Ecuador (1980).

Famous Honors

• Honor Blackman — British actress (1925–2020)
• Honor Swinton Byrne — British actress (born 1997)
• Honor Kneafsey — British actress (born 2004)
• Honor Dillon — New Zealand field hockey player (born 1982)
• Honor Bridget Fell — British scientist and zoologist (1900–1986)

In stories & tradition

• Honor Harrington — Cycle Honor Harrington (novel series)
• Honor — The Stormlight Archive (novel series)

What Honors become

Among 49 notable people named Honor:

Entertainers appear 1.97× more often than among typical names — e.g. Honor Blackman, British actress (1925–2020).

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