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“conferring honour”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Honora is a feminine given name documented in English. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it. It is a form of Honorius, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “conferring honour”.
2 source accounts
Meaning: “conferring honour”
Medieval variant of Honoria, feminine form of Honorius.
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02 / Across borders
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United States, 2025: 15 girls (rank 7133). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1880–2025 Spelling: Honora
Recorded category girls
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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.
| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 5 | 836 | observed |
| 1881 | 9 | 582 | observed |
| 1882 | 5 | 908 | observed |
| 1883 | 6 | 817 | observed |
| 1884 | 7 | 851 | observed |
| 1885 | 7 | 842 | observed |
| 1886 | 5 | 1,108 | observed |
| 1887 | 12 | 661 | observed |
| 1888 | 10 | 837 | observed |
| 1889 | 6 | 1,147 | observed |
| 1890 | 9 | 940 | observed |
| 1891 | 9 | 943 | observed |
| 1892 | 10 | 958 | observed |
| 1893 | 5 | 1,437 | observed |
| 1894 | 8 | 1,136 | observed |
| 1895 | 15 | 815 | observed |
| 1896 | 11 | 999 | observed |
| 1897 | 14 | 867 | observed |
| 1898 | 11 | 1,047 | observed |
| 1899 | 16 | 814 | observed |
| 1900 | 9 | 1,319 | observed |
| 1901 | 8 | 1,227 | observed |
| 1902 | 8 | 1,320 | observed |
| 1903 | 8 | 1,318 | observed |
| 1904 | 6 | 1,659 | observed |
| 1905 | 8 | 1,420 | observed |
| 1906 | 5 | 1,951 | observed |
| 1907 | 6 | 1,821 | observed |
| 1908 | 11 | 1,261 | observed |
| 1909 | 9 | 1,471 | observed |
| 1910 | 9 | 1,634 | observed |
| 1911 | 9 | 1,656 | observed |
| 1912 | 14 | 1,477 | observed |
| 1913 | 22 | 1,176 | observed |
| 1914 | 24 | 1,262 | observed |
| 1915 | 20 | 1,672 | observed |
| 1916 | 24 | 1,533 | observed |
| 1917 | 26 | 1,470 | observed |
| 1918 | 26 | 1,566 | observed |
| 1919 | 28 | 1,481 | observed |
| 1920 | 21 | 1,889 | observed |
| 1921 | 27 | 1,625 | observed |
| 1922 | 16 | 2,291 | observed |
| 1923 | 15 | 2,366 | observed |
| 1924 | 15 | 2,409 | observed |
| 1925 | 18 | 2,119 | observed |
| 1926 | 21 | 1,883 | observed |
| 1927 | 15 | 2,339 | observed |
| 1928 | 14 | 2,381 | observed |
| 1929 | 13 | 2,437 | observed |
| 1930 | 21 | 1,748 | observed |
| 1931 | 16 | 2,024 | observed |
| 1932 | 16 | 2,037 | observed |
| 1933 | 5 | 4,218 | observed |
| 1934 | 12 | 2,424 | observed |
| 1935 | 12 | 2,439 | observed |
| 1936 | 12 | 2,386 | observed |
| 1937 | 10 | 2,735 | observed |
| 1938 | 21 | 1,703 | observed |
| 1939 | 22 | 1,638 | observed |
| 1940 | 10 | 2,737 | observed |
| 1941 | 21 | 1,750 | observed |
| 1942 | 14 | 2,416 | observed |
| 1943 | 13 | 2,558 | observed |
| 1944 | 11 | 2,762 | observed |
| 1945 | 17 | 2,060 | observed |
| 1946 | 15 | 2,482 | observed |
| 1947 | 20 | 2,200 | observed |
| 1948 | 26 | 1,858 | observed |
| 1949 | 25 | 1,917 | observed |
| 1950 | 16 | 2,535 | observed |
| 1951 | 13 | 2,937 | observed |
| 1952 | 15 | 2,806 | observed |
| 1953 | 11 | 3,480 | observed |
| 1954 | 19 | 2,519 | observed |
| 1955 | 17 | 2,725 | observed |
| 1956 | 8 | 4,467 | observed |
| 1957 | 12 | 3,489 | observed |
| 1958 | 8 | 4,520 | observed |
| 1959 | 6 | 5,566 | observed |
| 1960 | 12 | 3,688 | observed |
| 1961 | 8 | 4,882 | observed |
| 1962 | 7 | 5,293 | observed |
| 1963 | 9 | 4,539 | observed |
| 1964 | 11 | 4,096 | observed |
| 1965 | 9 | 4,494 | observed |
| 1966 | 7 | 5,273 | observed |
| 1967 | 5 | 6,804 | observed |
| 1968 | 13 | 3,789 | observed |
| 1969 | 5 | 7,471 | observed |
| 1970 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1971 | 12 | 4,534 | observed |
| 1972 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1973 | 6 | 7,435 | observed |
| 1974 | 6 | 7,680 | observed |
| 1975 | 10 | 5,516 | observed |
| 1976 | 7 | 7,296 | observed |
| 1977 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1978 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | 5 | 10,210 | observed |
| 1980 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1981 | 6 | 9,110 | observed |
| 1982 | 7 | 8,224 | observed |
| 1983 | 7 | 8,047 | observed |
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | 9 | 6,955 | observed |
| 1986 | 11 | 6,156 | observed |
| 1987 | 9 | 7,353 | observed |
| 1988 | 7 | 9,244 | observed |
| 1989 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | 7 | 10,479 | observed |
| 1993 | 6 | 11,780 | observed |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | 7 | 10,567 | observed |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | 8 | 10,122 | observed |
| 1999 | 5 | 14,411 | observed |
| 2000 | 7 | 11,801 | observed |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | 8 | 11,108 | observed |
| 2003 | 19 | 6,055 | observed |
| 2004 | 7 | 12,761 | observed |
| 2005 | 14 | 7,891 | observed |
| 2006 | 13 | 8,715 | observed |
| 2007 | 15 | 8,098 | observed |
| 2008 | 16 | 7,742 | observed |
| 2009 | 15 | 8,058 | observed |
| 2010 | 9 | 11,246 | observed |
| 2011 | 23 | 5,728 | observed |
| 2012 | 22 | 5,895 | observed |
| 2013 | 21 | 6,017 | observed |
| 2014 | 17 | 6,987 | observed |
| 2015 | 19 | 6,452 | observed |
| 2016 | 16 | 7,230 | observed |
| 2017 | 19 | 6,287 | observed |
| 2018 | 27 | 4,889 | observed |
| 2019 | 24 | 5,306 | observed |
| 2020 | 17 | 6,629 | observed |
| 2021 | 25 | 5,091 | observed |
| 2022 | 10 | 9,680 | observed |
| 2023 | 15 | 7,247 | observed |
| 2024 | 28 | 4,772 | observed |
| 2025 | 15 | 7,133 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Honora” 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.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Honora— “honour”
Honora, _f._ _Ir._ Lat. honour, 190
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
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
Ireland — babies' first names with three or more occurrences, 1964–2025
Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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.
