Honor

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Honor: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Honor: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #234, and it stood at #638 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
72times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#234highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#571
1997	#401
1998	#363
1999	#389
2000	#380
2001	#381
2002	#406
2003	#356
2004	#445
2005	#450
2006	#466
2007	#527
2008	#487
2009	#417
2010	#471
2011	#449
2012	#519
2013	#725
2014	#668
2015	#819
2016	#782
2017	#814
2018	#826
2019	#1349
2020	#1164
2021	#1259
2022	#1326
2023	#1288
2024	#1603

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 33 of the 59 years from 1964 to 2022.

In 2024: #638 among girls in Scotland, #1603 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #234 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2022
Highest recorded position: #234 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1603 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Honor appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 33 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 143 births with the name.

Honor across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Honor's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#234 (1964)	#234 (1964)	#905 (2022)	33 of 59	143 (1964–2022)	10 (2009)
England and Wales · Girls	#571 (1996)	#356 (2003)	#1603 (2024)	29 of 29	1,857 (1996–2024)	105 (2003)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#331 (2003)	#273 (2004)	#314 (2014)	8 of 12	30 (2003–2014)	5 (2004)

Honor by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Honor in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	31	6 of 10	5
1970s	27	7 of 10	4
1980s	3	1 of 10	3
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000s	24	5 of 10	5
2010s	43	9 of 10	5
2020s	9	3 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Honor appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #234 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Honor's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1603	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1288	25	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1326	24	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1259	26	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1164	28	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1349	23	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#826	45	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#814	47	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#782	50	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#819	46	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#668	59	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#725	55	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#519	82	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#449	94	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#471	87	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#417	101	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#487	80	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#527	70	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#466	83	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#450	82	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#445	80	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#356	105	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#406	81	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#381	84	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#380	85	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#389	83	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#363	91	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#401	79	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#571	43	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#314	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#383	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#363	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#273	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#585	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	10	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#522	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	7	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#383	5	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	6	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#354	4	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#310	5	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	4	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#234	9	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 45 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #234, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 105 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 60 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Honey-Rose · #1956, 17y
Hong · #360, 38y
Honora · #251, 20y
Honour · #1815, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Krystian · #232, 50y
Salma · #228, 47y
Dominika · #226, 47y
Alec · #249, 42y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Delia · #234, 50y
Roberta · #234, 57y
Ciaron · #235, 19y
Genevieve · #235, 61y

Honor was ranked #234 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Honor and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Honor without appearing here.

Honor moved ahead of

Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1326 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1288 and #2689.
Anita Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1326 and #1215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1288 and #2063.
Rachael Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1349 and #1316 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1164 and #1939.
Shannon Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1349 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1164 and #1846.

Moved ahead of Honor

Charlie Compare
In 2005 they stood at #465 and #536 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #764 and #191.
Ingrid Compare
In 2018 they stood at #826 and #864 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1349 and #897.
Elaine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1288 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1603 and #1160.
Sofia Compare
In 2006 they stood at #273 and #316 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #413 and #115.

Moved the opposite way to Honor

Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Honor went from #234 to #905 while Alexandra went from #222 to #118.
Alice Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Honor went from #234 to #905 while Alice went from #57 to #29.
Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Honor went from #234 to #905 while Annie went from #112 to #51.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Honor went from #234 to #905 while Charlotte went from #171 to #55.

Moved the same way as Honor

Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Honor went from #234 to #905 and Audrey from #85 to #905.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Honor went from #234 to #905 and Eileen from #17 to #357.
Jude Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Honor went from #234 to #905 and Jude from #234 to #905.
Julia Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Honor went from #234 to #905 and Julia from #42 to #99.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #234 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Honor

Honor at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Honor across 3 official records

Honor by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Honor appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Honor

Honor and the names beside it

Honor moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Honor

Moved the opposite way to Honor

Moved the same way as Honor

Honor at a glance

Honor across 3 official records

Honor by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Honor appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Honor

Honor and the names beside it

Honor moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Honor

Moved the opposite way to Honor

Moved the same way as Honor