How Many People Are Named Honesty?
An estimated 4,851 people in the United States have the first name Honesty. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 15 years old, and Honesty peaked in popularity in 2014 with 255 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Honesty as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Honesty paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Honesty is a modern name. With an average bearer age of just 15, it has gained most of its popularity in recent years.
Estimated Living Americans
4,851
About 1 in 70,656 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
15
years old
Peak Year
2014
255 births
Total Registered
4,911
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Honesty
Honesty is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 4,911 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Honesty as a female name
Ranked #1,401 in 2024
159 female births in 2024
Peak: 2014 (255 births)
Honesty: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Honesty span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 2,254 babies were registered. While Honesty is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Honesty by Decade
How has Honesty tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Honesty by State
Birth registrations for Honesty span all 29 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Ohio, California, North Carolina. The lowest are in Massachusetts, District of Columbia, Connecticut. On average, about 119 Honestys were registered per state.
Honesty + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Honesty as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Honesty
Other first names starting with H with a similar number of bearers.
Honesty: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Honesty?
We estimate approximately 4,851 people named Honesty are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 70,656 Americans share this first name.
Is Honesty a common name?
Honesty is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 96.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 4,911 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Honesty most popular?
Honesty reached peak popularity in 2014, when 255 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Honesty is approximately 15 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Honesty a female name?
Honesty is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Honesty Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Honesty Smith, Honesty Johnson, Honesty Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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