Happiness

given name · Latin script

Meaning: The emotion of being happy; joy; elation

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/hæpinəs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Happiness is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 32M(inferred from the name graph)
  • ISIceland1 in 175K
  • SESweden1 in 408K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

293 people, 2020

Sources
80 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 175K (inferred from the name graph)

Iceland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

The emotion of being happy; joy; elation.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Happiness counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Happiness is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—2931 in 1.1M272Happiness80
SE Sweden—251 in 408K25—5
ES Spain—251 in 2M25—5
NG Nigeria#398≈7 est.≈1 in 32M—Happiness71
PL Poland—51 in 7.7M5——
IS Iceland—21 in 175K2——

293 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Happiness is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Nigeria, South Africa, France, Tanzania

    Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

    Also written Hàppinéss, Hâppíness, Häppïnéss, Hãppînëss, Hắppīñęss

  • Norwegian given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Africa, Nigeria

    Languages: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish

    Also written Happinĕsş

47 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Happiness,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 22 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Happiness
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020272#29,961
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—25#21,387
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—25#48,229
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—23#24,422
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202021#29,961
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201914—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202413—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202213—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202113—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201812—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201910—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20179—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Happiness mean, and where does it come from?
The emotion of being happy; joy; elation. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Happiness?
A machine transcription gives /hæpinəs/ (IPA) for English.
Is Happiness a male or female name?
Happiness is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Happiness have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 293 people named Happiness, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled happiness.
Where is Happiness most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Happiness is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 175 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Happiness?
In the United States, the national register counted 293 people named Happiness in 2020, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.
How common is Happiness compared with other names?
In Nigeria, Happiness is the 398th most common given name of 138,191 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Happiness” — the 398th most common given name in Nigeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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