girls:
270 births since 2006
#5446 (5th percentile)
boys:
217 births since 2012
#4369 (5th percentile)
overall:
487 births since 2006
#7252 (6th percentile)
The name Honest is the #7,252 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 487 recorded births since 2006. This represents the 6.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,446 (4.7% percentile) for all time with 270 births since 2006. For boys, it ranks #4,369 (4.7% percentile) for all time with 217 births since 2012.
Honest first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2006 (2006 for girls and 2012 for boys). Birth data for Honest is available in 16 out of the 18 years between 2006 and 2023 (15 years for girls and 12 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Honest has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (55.4% of all recorded births). In 2023, 40.0% of babies named Honest were girls.
For girls, Honest reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 4.7% percentile (ranked #913) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 28 births per million (ranked 4.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Honest ranks #928 for girls (2.0% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 49.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Honest reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 3.7% percentile (ranked #896) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 21 births per million (ranked 3.7% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Honest ranks #880 for boys (3.4% percentile) with 20 births per million, which is 94.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Honest".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Honest. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Honest is pronounced as AH-nuhst, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-nihst, at 27.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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