girl's name

Honora

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,950

Ireland

#510

1987 births

Honora is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1919, when 28 babies were given the name.
  • After peaking in the 1910s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.
  • Today about 1 in 221,043 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Honora over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s 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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Births named Honora by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 72
1890s 108
1900s 78
1910s 202
1920s 175
1930s 147
1940s 172
1950s 125
1960s 86
1970s 46
1980s 56
1990s 33
2000s 114
2010s 197
2020s (to 2025) 110

How popular is Honora?

In 2025, Honora was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Honora is used

Ireland #510 3 in 1987
Canada #3,536 5 in 2021
France #5,962 5 in 2023
England & Wales #6,699 3 in 2025
United States #7,189 15 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

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 Honora

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Honora also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Honora over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Honora

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Honora — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Honora

How popular is the name Honora?

In 2025, Honora was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Honora a girl's or a boy's name?

Honora is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Honora?

Honora has 3 syllables.

When was Honora most popular?

Honora peaked in 1919, when 28 babies were given the name. After peaking in the 1910s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.

Is Honora a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Honora currently ranks #6,699 in the United States. After peaking in the 1910s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.