girl's name
Honesty
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 3
- Letters 7
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 5,054
Honesty is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 135 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2014, when 256 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 24,559 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1975.
- 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Honesty over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 57 |
| 1980s | 86 |
| 1990s | 245 |
| 2000s | 1,397 |
| 2010s | 2,255 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 1,011 |
How popular is Honesty?
In 2025, Honesty was given to 135 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Honesty is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Honesty
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Honesty also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Honesty over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Honesty
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Honesty — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Honesty
How popular is the name Honesty?
In 2025, Honesty was given to 135 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Honesty a girl's or a boy's name?
Honesty is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Honesty?
Honesty has 3 syllables.
When was Honesty most popular?
Honesty peaked in 2014, when 256 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
Is Honesty a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Honesty currently ranks #1,612 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.