How Many People Are Named Honora?
An estimated 797 people in the United States have the first name Honora. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 38 years old, and Honora peaked in popularity in 1919 with 28 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Honora 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 Honora paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
797
About 1 in 430,056 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
38
years old
Peak Year
1919
28 births
Total Registered
1,705
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Honora
Honora is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,705 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Honora as a female name
Ranked #4,800 in 2024
28 female births in 2024
Peak: 1919 (28 births)
Honora: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Honora span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 15 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1910s, when 202 babies were registered. While Honora is less common than at its peak in the 1910s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Honora by Decade
How has Honora 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.
Honora by State
Birth registrations for Honora span all 4 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts. The lowest are in Ohio, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania. On average, about 51 Honoras were registered per state.
Honora + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Honora as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Honora
Other first names starting with H with a similar number of bearers.
Honora: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Honora?
We estimate approximately 797 people named Honora 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 430,056 Americans share this first name.
Is Honora a common name?
Honora is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 88.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,705 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Honora most popular?
Honora reached peak popularity in 1919, when 28 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Honora is approximately 38 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Honora a female name?
Honora is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Honora Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Honora Smith, Honora Johnson, Honora 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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