Happy
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Happy
Many emotional, virtuous word names are coming back into style, but Happy feels unlikely to be revived. This could be because it doesn't have a solid history of being popularly used (in comparison to Joy) and because it's such a familiarly used word in day to day life (unlike Valor).
Happy for boys#10049 US
It was notably borne by the not-so-happy character Happy Loman in Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman and by a cat in the anime and manga series, Fairy Tail.
Happy for girls#9691 US
Many virtue names have long been in style or have seen a resurgence in recent years. Happy, however joyous, seems unlikely to join this trend. This could be because it doesn't have a solid history of being popularly used (in comparison to Joy or Hope) and because it's such a familiarly used word in day to day life (unlike Verity or Felicity).
It was notably borne by the not-so-happy character Happy Loman in Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman, by a cat in the anime and manga series, Fairy Tail, and by Happy Quinn from the TV show Scorpion.
Pronounced HAP-ee.
As of October 2026, Happy ranked #10049 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1917 in 1936.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
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American actress
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Bahamian male footballer
- Happy Quinton JeleGirl
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South African boxer
- Albert Benjamin "Happy" ChandlerGirl
U.S. Senator and Governor of Kentucky; MLB commissioner
- Harry Peter "Happy" TraumGirl
male American folksinger
- Harold "Happy" HairstonGirl
American basketball player
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American baseball player
- Happy Atticus Mapel (b. 1988)Girl
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Happy in pop culture
- Happy QuinnGirl
a main character on TV's "Scorpion"
- Harriet "Happy" LollyGirl
character in movie "Gigantic"
- "Happy GilmoreGirl
" movie and male main character
- Happy LomanGirl
male character in "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller
- Harold "Happy" HoganGirl
(male) character in the Iron Man series
- Happy LowmanGirl
male character on TV's Sons of Anarchy
- HappyGirl
one of the Seven Dwarfs
- HappyGirl
dog on TV's "Seventh Heaven"
- HappyGirl
male Exceed/Cat in anime "Fairy Tail"
- HappyGirl
Snow Hare on animated series "Tabaluga"
- Happy Walter HiggenbottomGirl
dog on animated TV series "The Mighty B!"