Meaning not yet researched.
Hope: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 868 in 2025. Its best rank was #143 in 1999.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #143 in 1999; #352 in 2025. About 99% of babies named Hope in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#352 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1999, at #143.
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Hope: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 868 girls in 2025. Peak: #143 in 1999 · most girls in one year: 2,321 (2000).
In 2025, 868 US girls were named Hope, making it the 352nd most common girls’ name of the year, down 35 places from #317 in 2024. That is 105 fewer than the 973 girls named Hope in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #143, reached in 1999. The most girls given the name in a single year was 2,321, in 2000. For comparison, it was #225 in 2015 and #367 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Hope in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 15 babies with the name. In all, 97,793 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 0.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 18,736 babies named Hope.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 12,143 US girls were named Hope; the busiest of those years was 2020, with 1,439. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,852 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Hope ranked highest in Hawaii in 2025, at #186 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Esperanza (20,884 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Nadezhda and Elpida are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Nadezhda (291), Elpida (22).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Hope in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 8 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 5 | #186 | #109 |
| Delaware | 5 | #193 | #162 |
| Rhode Island | 5 | #201 | #129 |
| Oklahoma | 17 | #233 | #175 |
| Maine | 5 | #234 | #147 |
| Michigan | 38 | #238 | #187 |
| West Virginia | 7 | #245 | #204 |
| Nevada | 11 | #250 | #238 |
| Idaho | 9 | #261 | #168 |
| New Mexico | 6 | #273 | #227 |
| Missouri | 22 | #281 | #124 |
| Pennsylvania | 39 | #283 | #183 |
| Kansas | 11 | #300 | #161 |
| Connecticut | 10 | #306 | #261 |
| Florida | 61 | #306 | #243 |
| Mississippi | 9 | #316 | #216 |
| Maryland | 17 | #317 | #263 |
| Kentucky | 14 | #318 | #299 |
| Wisconsin | 16 | #333 | #217 |
| Arizona | 21 | #338 | #217 |
| South Carolina | 15 | #338 | #213 |
| Arkansas | 9 | #349 | #279 |
| Illinois | 29 | #359 | #267 |
| Iowa | 9 | #364 | #125 |
| Indiana | 19 | #365 | #189 |
| New Jersey | 22 | #368 | #247 |
| Tennessee | 22 | #369 | #190 |
| North Carolina | 29 | #374 | #300 |
| Massachusetts | 15 | #384 | #208 |
| Virginia | 21 | #388 | #213 |
| Georgia | 29 | #392 | #275 |
| California | 83 | #401 | #277 |
| Ohio | 28 | #407 | #203 |
| Texas | 81 | #418 | #241 |
| Utah | 10 | #422 | #381 |
| Nebraska | 5 | #430 | #187 |
| Colorado | 13 | #440 | #206 |
| Alabama | 11 | #455 | #397 |
| Washington | 14 | #488 | #208 |
| Louisiana | 9 | #507 | #288 |
| New York | 33 | #512 | #325 |
| Minnesota | 10 | #518 | #165 |
| Oregon | 5 | #670 | #206 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 868 | #352 | 5 | #12,722 |
| 2024 | 973 | #317 | 7 | #10,283 |
| 2023 | 1,026 | #302 | 7 | #10,125 |
| 2022 | 1,214 | #258 | 7 | #10,193 |
| 2021 | 1,329 | #226 | 5 | #12,834 |
| 2020 | 1,439 | #203 | 9 | #8,310 |
| 2019 | 1,374 | #227 | 12 | #6,932 |
| 2018 | 1,296 | #252 | 9 | #8,416 |
| 2017 | 1,271 | #250 | 6 | #11,276 |
| 2016 | 1,353 | #238 | 7 | #10,054 |
| 2015 | 1,453 | #225 | 5 | #12,798 |
| 2014 | 1,451 | #229 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,397 | #230 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,456 | #218 | — | — |
| 2011 | 1,396 | #227 | — | — |
| 2010 | 1,313 | #240 | — | — |
| 2009 | 1,434 | #230 | 5 | #13,183 |
| 2008 | 1,537 | #220 | 5 | #13,266 |
| 2007 | 1,684 | #206 | — | — |
| 2006 | 1,778 | #198 | — | — |
| 2005 | 1,891 | #183 | 6 | #10,589 |
| 2004 | 1,913 | #179 | 16 | #5,095 |
| 2003 | 1,897 | #172 | 9 | #7,476 |
| 2002 | 2,055 | #160 | — | — |
| 2001 | 2,180 | #150 | — | — |
| 2000 | 2,321 | #146 | 5 | #11,029 |
| 1999 | 2,265 | #143 | 6 | #9,135 |
| 1998 | 1,951 | #160 | 5 | #10,217 |
| 1997 | 1,770 | #171 | — | — |
| 1996 | 1,610 | #186 | — | — |
| 1995 | 1,529 | #193 | 6 | #8,188 |
| 1994 | 1,226 | #232 | 5 | #9,359 |
| 1993 | 956 | #287 | — | — |
| 1992 | 892 | #310 | — | — |
| 1991 | 1,052 | #264 | — | — |
| 1990 | 1,056 | #266 | — | — |
| 1989 | 872 | #299 | 5 | #8,383 |
| 1988 | 823 | #300 | — | — |
| 1987 | 808 | #300 | — | — |
| 1986 | 910 | #273 | — | — |
| 1985 | 908 | #275 | — | — |
| 1984 | 812 | #294 | — | — |
| 1983 | 502 | #430 | 7 | #5,130 |
| 1982 | 557 | #412 | — | — |
| 1981 | 651 | #360 | — | — |
| 1980 | 781 | #309 | 5 | #6,641 |
| 1979 | 786 | #305 | 7 | #5,043 |
| 1978 | 865 | #269 | 9 | #3,977 |
| 1977 | 1,019 | #243 | 8 | #4,340 |
| 1976 | 1,151 | #214 | 6 | #5,197 |
| 1975 | 1,208 | #202 | 6 | #5,055 |
| 1974 | 1,298 | #196 | — | — |
| 1973 | 950 | #263 | — | — |
| 1972 | 1,296 | #213 | 8 | #3,770 |
| 1971 | 1,454 | #205 | 9 | #3,484 |
| 1970 | 986 | #295 | 7 | #4,010 |
| 1969 | 979 | #287 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1968 | 832 | #306 | 5 | #4,381 |
| 1967 | 965 | #272 | 5 | #4,212 |
| 1966 | 1,359 | #223 | 6 | #3,692 |
| 1965 | 1,153 | #252 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 1964 | 1,275 | #246 | — | — |
| 1963 | 588 | #395 | — | — |
| 1962 | 500 | #435 | — | — |
| 1961 | 512 | #435 | — | — |
| 1960 | 570 | #400 | — | — |
| 1959 | 563 | #396 | — | — |
| 1958 | 578 | #383 | — | — |
| 1957 | 441 | #448 | — | — |
| 1956 | 547 | #377 | — | — |
| 1955 | 552 | #376 | — | — |
| 1954 | 484 | #394 | — | — |
| 1953 | 456 | #398 | — | — |
| 1952 | 445 | #390 | — | — |
| 1951 | 468 | #377 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1950 | 474 | #367 | — | — |
| 1949 | 376 | #411 | 6 | #3,495 |
| 1948 | 335 | #434 | 8 | #2,879 |
| 1947 | 406 | #405 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1946 | 403 | #379 | — | — |
| 1945 | 215 | #497 | — | — |
| 1944 | 218 | #487 | — | — |
| 1943 | 295 | #428 | 8 | #2,836 |
| 1942 | 315 | #404 | 6 | #3,372 |
| 1941 | 233 | #453 | 8 | #2,755 |
| 1940 | 213 | #459 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 1939 | 223 | #449 | 5 | #3,709 |
| 1938 | 251 | #425 | 5 | #3,754 |
| 1937 | 227 | #433 | 7 | #3,032 |
| 1936 | 200 | #452 | 5 | #3,782 |
| 1935 | 163 | #496 | 9 | #2,615 |
| 1934 | 187 | #475 | — | — |
| 1933 | 207 | #456 | — | — |
| 1932 | 195 | #473 | 9 | #2,730 |
| 1931 | 194 | #463 | 8 | #2,960 |
| 1930 | 239 | #434 | 6 | #3,784 |
| 1929 | 253 | #418 | — | — |
| 1928 | 279 | #404 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1927 | 338 | #373 | 8 | #3,281 |
| 1926 | 311 | #390 | 8 | #3,252 |
| 1925 | 339 | #373 | 14 | #2,252 |
| 1924 | 407 | #334 | 11 | #2,732 |
| 1923 | 368 | #344 | 12 | #2,515 |
| 1922 | 371 | #336 | 16 | #2,093 |
| 1921 | 361 | #344 | 18 | #1,940 |
| 1920 | 349 | #350 | 18 | #1,924 |
| 1919 | 333 | #351 | 12 | #2,427 |
| 1918 | 369 | #337 | 13 | #2,323 |
| 1917 | 295 | #367 | 9 | #2,837 |
| 1916 | 262 | #388 | 9 | #2,813 |
| 1915 | 210 | #412 | 10 | #2,528 |
| 1914 | 124 | #503 | — | — |
| 1913 | 104 | #501 | 9 | #2,010 |
| 1912 | 94 | #493 | 10 | #1,676 |
| 1911 | 67 | #507 | 6 | #1,632 |
| 1910 | 62 | #520 | — | — |
| 1909 | 61 | #480 | — | — |
| 1908 | 38 | #622 | — | — |
| 1907 | 49 | #514 | — | — |
| 1906 | 51 | #480 | 5 | #1,322 |
| 1905 | 36 | #581 | — | — |
| 1904 | 49 | #471 | — | — |
| 1903 | 47 | #467 | — | — |
| 1902 | 32 | #586 | 5 | #1,216 |
| 1901 | 31 | #551 | — | — |
| 1900 | 35 | #595 | — | — |
| 1899 | 18 | #774 | — | — |
| 1898 | 33 | #563 | — | — |
| 1897 | 29 | #559 | — | — |
| 1896 | 30 | #560 | — | — |
| 1895 | 39 | #466 | — | — |
| 1894 | 35 | #479 | — | — |
| 1893 | 35 | #450 | — | — |
| 1892 | 22 | #604 | — | — |
| 1891 | 26 | #509 | — | — |
| 1890 | 26 | #511 | — | — |
| 1889 | 18 | #610 | — | — |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,200 | — | — |
| 1887 | 16 | #572 | — | — |
| 1886 | 15 | #586 | — | — |
| 1885 | 20 | #473 | — | — |
| 1884 | 14 | #567 | — | — |
| 1883 | 17 | #470 | — | — |
| 1882 | 6 | #851 | — | — |
| 1881 | 7 | #713 | — | — |
| 1880 | 9 | #603 | 6 | #868 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).