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Honesty

/ˈɑnəsti/ · 100% girls · 135 born in 2025

Honesty has been given to about 5,051 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2014, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables3
Pronunciation/ˈɑnəsti/
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 5,016
Median age today13 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Honesty per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & Waleseach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2014 · 256
  • Born in 2025135
  • All time5,051

How popular is Honesty?

Its best year was 2014, when 256 babies were given the name, ranking 1021st. The typical living American called Honesty is about 13 years old today. It is relatively most common in South Carolina, where it accounts for 0.02% of births.

Names that sound like Honesty

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Honey0.73
  2. Holley0.59
  3. Betty0.50
  4. Liberty0.50
  5. Royalty0.50
  6. Letty0.50
  7. Hope0.47

Middle names for Honesty

Ranked by flow score
  1. Honesty Anne0.83
  2. Honesty Rose0.79
  3. Honesty Marie0.79
  4. Honesty Grace0.79
  5. Honesty Eve0.79
  6. Honesty Jane0.79

Sibling names for Honesty

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Fisherbrother · 0.98
  2. Yousefbrother · 0.97
  3. Keziahsister · 0.97
  4. Bodebrother · 0.97
  5. Soleilsister · 0.96
  6. Azariasister · 0.96

Where Honesty is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. South Carolina0.02%
  2. Maryland0.01%
  3. North Carolina0.01%
  4. Georgia0.01%
  5. Virginia0.01%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Honesty White0.74
  2. Honesty Nguyen0.74
  3. Honesty Moore0.74
  4. Honesty Brown0.74
  5. Honesty Allen0.73
  6. Honesty Adams0.73

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Honesty

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Honesty across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.