How Many People Are Named Honore?
An estimated 77 people in the United States have the first name Honore. It is used for both genders, with 89.3% female. The average bearer is 65 years old, and Honore peaked in popularity in 1916 with 14 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Honore 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 Honore paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Honore is exceptionally rare. Fewer than 100 people with this name are estimated to be alive in the U.S. today.
Estimated Living Americans
77
About 1 in 4,451,355 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
89.3% confidence
Average Age
65
years old
Peak Year
1916
14 births
Total Registered
252
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Honore
Honore is predominantly female (89.3%), though 27 male births have been registered. It functions as a unisex name for a small percentage of bearers.
Honore as a male name
Ranked #5,535 in 1974
5 male births in 1974
Peak: 1920 (11 births)
Honore as a female name
Ranked #17,210 in 2016
5 female births in 2016
Peak: 1942 (11 births)
Honore: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Honore span from the 1890s to the 2010s, covering 11 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1920s, when 70 babies were registered. Honore has declined significantly from its peak in the 1920s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Honore by Decade
How has Honore 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.
Honore by State
Honore + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Honore as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Honore
Other first names starting with H with a similar number of bearers.
Honore: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Honore?
We estimate approximately 77 people named Honore 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 4,451,355 Americans share this first name.
Is Honore a common name?
Honore is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 60.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 252 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Honore most popular?
Honore reached peak popularity in 1916, when 14 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Honore is approximately 65 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Honore a female name?
Honore is predominantly female. 89.3% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Honore Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Honore Smith, Honore Johnson, Honore 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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