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Origin & history of Honest1
English roots
Honest comes from the English tradition, meaning Truthful, genuine, sincere, trustworthy, upright..
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How popular is Honest?
2022
peak year
Today, Honest is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #5837), with only about 48 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2022, 50 babies were given the name (ranked #3239 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2020s. Honest has been trending upward in recent years. In all, around 557 babies have been registered as Honest since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
50
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #3,239)
(ranked #3,239)
48
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
480
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
557
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Honest9
Life path number
The Humanitarian
Compassion, wisdom and humanitarianism.
🌍Humanitarian
🎨Creative
🌟Wise
💝Loving
H8
O6
N5
E5
S1
T2
Sum: 27 → Life path 9
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Personality of Honest🌍
Compassionate soul
They carry the weight of the world with grace.
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Richly creative
Deep feeling translates into deep art.
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Old soul wisdom
They've always seemed wiser than their years.
💝
Unconditional love
Their love is vast and forgiving.
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Names that combine with HonestSibling pairings that share the timeless, classic energy of Honest.
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