Is Honest a boy or girl name?

Honest is a unisex name. Of the 604 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 53.5% were girls and 46.5% were boys. It changed hands in 2023, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Honest

Recorded 2006–2025 · United States

Honest was most popular in 2022, when 80 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,134 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,994, with 45 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 604 people named Honest.

Honest over time

Births per year. The dot marks Honest’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Honest a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Honest is a unisex name — 53.5% of the 604 Americans given it were girls and 46.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 2023 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 51% girls and 49% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org