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The first name 
Happy

Happy is a name for all genders, somewhat more commonly used for boys.

Happy is a very rare first name!

At least in the US, the name Happy is extremely rare. Recently, only a handful of babies has been named Happy each year. That means it’s extremely unlikely that a boy or girl called Happy will meet someone with the same name. So, Happy is a very special name!

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Happy

Happy -
once in a blue moon

Do you know the feeling when you go to the zoo and the animal that is supposed to be in the enclosure is not there? You know it should to be there, but you've never seen it? It's the same with Happy. Kids called Happy have made themselves scarce. But some parents got a taste for it many years ago: Reaching pos. 3,736 Happy ranked higher than ever in 1936. By comparison, there have been 85 years in which the first name Happy has not been given at all (or less than 5 times, which is the minimum number required for a name to be included in the statistics), most recently in 2014. In general, parents name their babies Happy only once in a blue moon, so, if your name is Happy you can consider yourself truly special!

In years where the graph has no value, the name Happy was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.

Happy in 2022 – a precious jewel

In 2022, Happy continues to be a precious jewel: 16 newborns were named Happy that year, ranking #11,865 in the SmartGenius name statistics. If your baby's name is Happy, you must have a flair for beautiful and rare names: Congratulations, your child is sure to feel unique.

Happy has 5 letters 
and begins with an H

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter H is not really common as a first letter for given names: only 2.3% of all common first names in the US begin with H. By the way, the most common first letters of given names are A, J and K, while U, X and Q are the least common initials of first names.

With five letters, the name Happy is comparatively short. In fact, 17.0% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly five letters. Only 7% of all first names are even shorter, while 75% have more than five letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

That means that with 2.3% of all first names beginning with an H, this initial letter is less common than the other letters on average.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Happy

If your name is Happy and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Happy

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Happy, you can simply say:

Hat

Apple

Pig

Pig

Yoyo

This is how the name Happy is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Happy in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Happy

Happy

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Happy

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Happy is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

H
A
P
P
Y

Have you ever waved the name Happy

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

H
A
P
P
Y

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Happy sounds like this: