Hope
Hope is ranked 317th among girls in 2024 (964 births). Its best rank was 143rd, in 1999.
- Rank in 2024
- #317down 14 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 9640.06% of girls
- Peak year
- 20002,321 births
- Best rank
- #143in 1999
- Since 1880
- 96,315people given the name
The story in the numbers
96,315 girls have been named Hope in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2000, with 2,321 births — 0.13% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 229 → 317).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1994, and the 2000s alone account for 19%. It has spent 144 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Hope | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 128 | |
| 1890s | 293 | |
| 1900s | 429 | |
| 1910s | 1,920 | |
| 1920s | 3,376 | |
| 1930s | 2,086 | |
| 1940s | 3,009 | |
| 1950s | 5,008 | |
| 1960s | 8,733 | |
| 1970s | 11,013 | |
| 1980s | 7,625 | |
| 1990s | 14,306 | |
| 2000s | 18,688 | |
| 2010s | 13,748 | |
| 2020s | 5,953 |
In 2000, its biggest year
Hope was the 146th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2000 were Emily, Hannah, Madison, Ashley and Sarah. See all of 2000.
Names that rose and fell with Hope
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Myriampeak 2003
- Pilarpeak 2005
- Lidiapeak 2008
- Caterinapeak 2014
- Luzpeak 1999
- Celestepeak 2004
- Serenapeak 2000
- Camillepeak 2012
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.