Meaning
We don’t have a verified meaning for Happy.
We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.
Its story
Popularity since 1912
Hover over or drag across the chart to see any year.
See the 45 recorded years as a table
| Year | Per million |
|---|---|
| 1912 | 14 |
| 1913 | 12 |
| 1914 | 11 |
| 1915 | 7 |
| 1917 | 6 |
| 1919 | 8 |
| 1922 | 7 |
| 1924 | 6 |
| 1925 | 4 |
| 1926 | 6 |
| 1928 | 5 |
| 1929 | 7 |
| 1931 | 10 |
| 1932 | 5 |
| 1933 | 7 |
| 1935 | 10 |
| 1936 | 13 |
| 1938 | 6 |
| 1939 | 5 |
| 1941 | 4 |
| 1946 | 6 |
| 1947 | 3 |
| 1948 | 3 |
| 1953 | 3 |
| 1955 | 2 |
| 1959 | 2 |
| 1960 | 4 |
| 1961 | 3 |
| 1962 | 3 |
| 1964 | 4 |
| 1966 | 3 |
| 1971 | 6 |
| 1974 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 |
Where it’s loved
Most popular in these states
Happy isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.
More like it
More like Happy
The numbers
Every figure
- Births in 2025
- 7
- Rank in 2025
- #9,714
- How rare
- 1 in 244,010 boys
- Since 1912
- 310
Most popular in 1912, at 14 per million boys born.
There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Happy doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.
Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.