Etymology in the sources
Source-reportedOriginating as a nickname for a handy person.
Sources for this account (2)
- Wiktionary: HandyCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Polish Wiktionary: HandyCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
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Handy
A given name in English
Language context for this entry: English
masculineLatin script
No sourced pronunciation yet
- Origin
- Not established
- 1 language context
- English
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- 3 cited sources Source-reported
01 / Meaning & origin
About Handy
Handy is a masculine given name documented in English. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.
02 / Across borders
Where Handy is used
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2 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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United States
Statistics + language records
United States, 2016: 5 boys (rank 12185). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
Popularity over time
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
United States
1880–2025 Spelling: Handy
- Latest · 2016
- 5
- applications
- Rank #12,185
- Peak year
- 1916
- 16 applications
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
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| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 5 | 909 | observed |
| 1881 | 7 | 706 | observed |
| 1882 | 5 | 943 | observed |
| 1883 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1884 | 6 | 848 | observed |
| 1885 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1886 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1887 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1888 | 10 | 648 | observed |
| 1889 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1890 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1891 | 5 | 963 | observed |
| 1892 | 10 | 688 | observed |
| 1893 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1894 | 5 | 1,074 | observed |
| 1895 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1896 | 6 | 982 | observed |
| 1897 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1898 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1899 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | 5 | 1,137 | observed |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1904 | 7 | 966 | observed |
| 1905 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | 6 | 1,217 | observed |
| 1909 | 5 | 1,440 | observed |
| 1910 | 8 | 1,193 | observed |
| 1911 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1912 | 9 | 1,746 | observed |
| 1913 | 6 | 2,496 | observed |
| 1914 | 8 | 2,457 | observed |
| 1915 | 13 | 2,070 | observed |
| 1916 | 16 | 1,849 | observed |
| 1917 | 9 | 2,732 | observed |
| 1918 | 10 | 2,699 | observed |
| 1919 | 16 | 1,973 | observed |
| 1920 | 15 | 2,131 | observed |
| 1921 | 10 | 2,804 | observed |
| 1922 | 16 | 2,040 | observed |
| 1923 | 8 | 3,175 | observed |
| 1924 | 14 | 2,229 | observed |
| 1925 | 14 | 2,193 | observed |
| 1926 | 12 | 2,436 | observed |
| 1927 | 5 | 4,210 | observed |
| 1928 | 5 | 4,151 | observed |
| 1929 | 13 | 2,199 | observed |
| 1930 | 11 | 2,444 | observed |
| 1931 | 12 | 2,207 | observed |
| 1932 | 10 | 2,465 | observed |
| 1933 | 5 | 3,642 | observed |
| 1934 | 9 | 2,563 | observed |
| 1935 | 8 | 2,719 | observed |
| 1936 | 6 | 3,147 | observed |
| 1937 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1938 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1939 | 12 | 2,050 | observed |
| 1940 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1941 | 8 | 2,656 | observed |
| 1942 | 7 | 2,940 | observed |
| 1943 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1944 | 9 | 2,467 | observed |
| 1945 | 12 | 2,009 | observed |
| 1946 | 10 | 2,403 | observed |
| 1947 | 9 | 2,671 | observed |
| 1948 | 6 | 3,316 | observed |
| 1949 | 13 | 2,123 | observed |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | 8 | 2,844 | observed |
| 1952 | 8 | 2,875 | observed |
| 1953 | 5 | 3,798 | observed |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | 7 | 3,201 | observed |
| 1956 | 7 | 3,216 | observed |
| 1957 | 7 | 3,257 | observed |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | 8 | 3,037 | observed |
| 1960 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1961 | 6 | 3,652 | observed |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1964 | 6 | 3,601 | observed |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1967 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1970 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1971 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1972 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1973 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1974 | 5 | 5,227 | observed |
| 1975 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | 5 | 5,587 | observed |
| 1977 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1978 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1981 | 8 | 4,509 | observed |
| 1982 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | 5 | 8,800 | observed |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | 5 | 10,894 | observed |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | 7 | 9,115 | observed |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,185 | observed |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
About this dataset and its counting rules
Statistics count the spelling “Handy” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
- Universe
- US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
- Rounding
- Integer application counts retained without rounding.
- Suppression
- Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
- Ranking
- computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
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06 / Behind the facts
Sources for this page
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms3
- Wikidata Q110832632CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Wiktionary: HandyCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Polish Wiktionary: HandyCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates2
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.