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Honey vs Isabella

How Honey and Isabella compare across 146 years of US Social Security Administration baby-name records — popularity history, peak years, current rank, and which name overtook which.

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Honey

Female · English

Meaning: Sweet

Isabella

Female · Arthurian

Meaning: Meaning Unknown

US Popularity History — Side-by-Side

Annual US births named Honey (girls) vs Isabella (girls), from US Social Security Administration national records.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Names appearing fewer than 5 times per year are suppressed by SSA.

Quick Stats

Metric Honey Isabella
Peak year (most US births) 2025 — 322 girls 2010 — 22,935 girls
Peak rank #846 #1
Most recent rank (2025) #846 (322 births) #7 (10,666 births)
Total US births since 1880 604 396,589
Last 10 years (2016–2025) 604 125,637

Peak comparison takeaway

At its all-time peak, Isabella reached 22,935 US births in 2010 — 22,613 more than Honey's peak count.

Strongest States — Last 10 Years

States where each name ranked highest, from SSA's state-level dataset. Lower average rank = name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name list.

Honey — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 Arkansas #457 30
2 Tennessee #723 32
3 Missouri #737 22
4 Arizona #789 24
5 Colorado #902 16

Isabella — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 Florida #2 10,088
2 Nevada #3 1,227
3 Texas #4 15,128
4 New Mexico #4 680
5 Arizona #4 2,998

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Data & methodology

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby names dataset 1880–2025 (CC0 public domain). Names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a given year are suppressed by SSA. State-level coverage runs 1910–2025. Crossover detection compares annual birth counts (not ranks) for each year both names appear. Methodology: see full notes. More comparisons →