Handy Popularity by Year
Follow Handy across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Handy birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Boys | 5 | #12,185 | Down 3,070 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 7 | #9,115 | Up 1,779 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 5 | #10,894 | Down 2,094 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 5 | #15,031 | — |
| 1994 | Boys | 5 | #8,800 | Down 4,291 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 8 | #4,509 | Up 1,078 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 5 | #5,587 | Down 360 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 5 | #5,227 | Down 1,626 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 6 | #3,601 | Up 51 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 6 | #3,652 | Down 615 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 8 | #3,037 | Up 220 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 7 | #3,257 | Down 41 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 7 | #3,216 | Down 15 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 7 | #3,201 | Up 597 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 5 | #3,798 | Down 923 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 8 | #2,875 | Down 31 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 8 | #2,844 | Down 721 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 13 | #2,123 | Up 1,193 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 6 | #3,316 | Down 645 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 9 | #2,671 | Down 268 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 10 | #2,403 | Down 394 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 12 | #2,009 | Up 458 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 9 | #2,467 | Up 473 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 7 | #2,940 | Down 284 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 8 | #2,656 | Down 606 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 12 | #2,050 | Up 1,097 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 6 | #3,147 | Down 428 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 8 | #2,719 | Down 156 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 9 | #2,563 | Up 1,079 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 5 | #3,642 | Down 1,177 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 10 | #2,465 | Down 258 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 12 | #2,207 | Up 237 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 11 | #2,444 | Down 245 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 13 | #2,199 | Up 1,952 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 5 | #4,151 | Up 59 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 5 | #4,210 | Down 1,774 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 12 | #2,436 | Down 243 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 14 | #2,193 | Up 36 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 14 | #2,229 | Up 946 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 8 | #3,175 | Down 1,135 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 16 | #2,040 | Up 764 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 10 | #2,804 | Down 673 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 15 | #2,131 | Down 158 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 16 | #1,973 | Up 726 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 10 | #2,699 | Up 33 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 9 | #2,732 | Down 883 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 16 | #1,849 | Up 221 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 13 | #2,070 | Up 387 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 8 | #2,457 | Up 39 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 6 | #2,496 | Down 750 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 9 | #1,746 | Down 553 places |
| 1910 | Boys | 8 | #1,193 | Up 247 places |
| 1909 | Boys | 5 | #1,440 | Down 223 places |
| 1908 | Boys | 6 | #1,217 | Down 251 places |
| 1904 | Boys | 7 | #966 | Up 171 places |
| 1902 | Boys | 5 | #1,137 | Down 155 places |
| 1896 | Boys | 6 | #982 | Up 92 places |
| 1894 | Boys | 5 | #1,074 | Down 386 places |
| 1892 | Boys | 10 | #688 | Up 275 places |
| 1891 | Boys | 5 | #963 | Down 315 places |
| 1888 | Boys | 10 | #648 | Up 200 places |
| 1884 | Boys | 6 | #848 | Up 95 places |
| 1882 | Boys | 5 | #943 | Down 237 places |
| 1881 | Boys | 7 | #706 | Up 203 places |
| 1880 | Boys | 5 | #909 | — |