Name profile

Honey

Simply from the English word honey, ultimately from Old English hunig.

Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#844

Meaning and history

From the English word honey, ultimately derived from Old English hunig, this name began as a nickname for a sweet person.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 93 births, rank #2,098
2007: 101 births, rank #2,015
2008: 90 births, rank #2,206
2009: 81 births, rank #2,375
2010: 83 births, rank #2,296
20112011: 58 births, rank #2,945
2012: 74 births, rank #2,474
2013: 59 births, rank #2,870
2014: 48 births, rank #3,326
2015: 49 births, rank #3,299
20162016: 51 births, rank #3,182
2017: 41 births, rank #3,697
2018: 57 births, rank #2,905
2019: 68 births, rank #2,561
2020: 96 births, rank #1,965
20212021: 135 births, rank #1,554
2022: 200 births, rank #1,206
2023: 206 births, rank #1,168
2024: 285 births, rank #929
20252025: 322 births, rank #844

Honey rose from #931 to #846 for girls between 2024 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 322.